progressBarDistributed

v2026.6.0 suspicious
4.0
Medium Risk

A distributed progress bar

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package has low risks in terms of network usage, shell execution, and obfuscation, but its metadata suggests it might be newly created with little activity, raising suspicion about its legitimacy.

  • Low risk in network calls, shell execution, and obfuscation.
  • Metadata indicates potential risk due to minimal activity.
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal unless the package relies on external services.
  • Shell: No shell execution detected, which is expected and safe.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected in the package.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected in the package.
  • Metadata: The package shows signs of being newly created with minimal activity, indicating potential risk.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: stats.ox.ac.uk>

Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

Git Repository History score 2.5

Git history flags: Repository has zero stars and zero forks

  • Repository has zero stars and zero forks
Maintainer History score 8.0

4 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Only one version has ever been released — brand new package
  • Package uploaded less than 24 hours ago (2026-06-04T22:29:24.000Z)
  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)