Weak YARA match to a legitimate service; insufficient evidence to classify as malware. Needs further analysis.
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The evidence presented is insufficient to classify socks-proxy-agent version 8.0.5 as malware. The YARA rule iplookup_website matching the README.md file with the string ipinfo.io is weak evidence. ipinfo.io is a legitimate IP address geolocation service. Many legitimate applications use such services for various purposes, such as providing users with their public IP address or determining their location. The presence of $ipinfo in a YARA rule suggests a pattern match, not necessarily malicious activity. The README file often contains information about the package's functionality, and referencing a public IP address lookup service is not inherently malicious. Without further evidence, such as network communication analysis showing malicious behavior or code analysis revealing hidden functionalities, it's premature to label this package as malware. The project on GitHub has a reasonable number of stars and forks, suggesting some level of community scrutiny and usage, although this is not definitive proof of safety.