Tell HN: Russian antivirus flags NPM package as malicious for logged message

2 points by bluelightning2k ↗ HN
The popular npm package es5-shim checks location on install and logs a Russian call for peace for Russian users.

Kaspersky (Russian AV) flags this file as a virus.

https://github.com/medikoo/es5-ext/blob/main/_postinstall.js

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This is almost certainly because of the malware targeting Russian IPs in a similar format.