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VSCode extensions with 9 million installs pulled over security risks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

But what was the “loop” they mention?

The linked issue comment has the info about it

Letting you know that VSCode is unable to uninstall the extension. It prompts me to uninstall, but when I confirm the window refreshes and the extension is still there, triggering the same "is problematic" prompt. This is an infinite loop. Same behavior when trying to uninstall the usual way from the extensions panel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Well that's not ideal.