Placing malicious code in 'setup.py,' however, will allow malware to be installed and unnoticed even if the package, or Python itself, is not used at all.

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“The Microsoft Store package is a simple installation of Python that is suitable for running scripts and packages, and using IDLE or other development environments.

Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better The code found in the malicious packages closely resembled legit offerings.