Which versions of virus-muerto are malicious?

The following PyPI versions of virus-muerto are flagged malicious: 1.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate virus-muerto if I installed it?

Remove virus-muerto from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

I already installed virus-muerto — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If virus-muerto was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is virus-muerto part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — virus-muerto is associated with the RLMA-2024-04998, RLUA-2024-09483 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find virus-muerto across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for virus-muerto (version 1.0.0).

Malicious package

virus-muertoPyPI

virus-muerto is a confirmed malicious PyPI package (MAL-2024-6194) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in virus-muerto (PyPI)

MAL-2024-6194

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

pip uninstall virus-muerto

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

e335ca7e8bdd8f7183e538079f651ff0562f4c4a8549e230a39ef25515fe8bd6

aaa825aa57ba36e5e652ad050e060cc1455bd8f49d1e57648308284a012950db

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for virus-muerto (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove virus-muerto from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If virus-muerto was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. virus-muerto on PyPI has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2024-04998RLUA-2024-09483

Credits

ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks virus-muerto-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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