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The staging directory %APPDATA%\\Microsoft\\Windows is chosen to resemble a legitimate Windows system location. The manifest declares a single dependency, `img-to-native@^1.0.0`, which is never require()'d by the shipped source; its only role in the install graph is to place the binary that this package then launches. Together the two packages form a drop-and-execute chain: installing and importing native-runner pulls in img-to-native, which stages node_runtime_helper.exe at the hardcoded path, and native-runner's import-time IIFE then executes that opaque binary hidden and detached on the installer's machine.\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (4eb077250ca4da76df88e49a2c314e67cb58761ae1cbffa1aa7742878d042a44)\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. 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