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Avast Security Awareness

This is a defensive security skill that teaches Claude to recognize malware distribution repos disguised as legitimate software downloads. It's trained to spot red flags like "keygen," "crack," "pre-activated" in descriptions, missing source code, suspicious star patterns, and other telltale signs of malicious repositories. When triggered, it warns users with specific threat details and points them to official vendor sites instead. The approach is clever because it turns the AI into a first line of defense against a genuinely common attack vector, especially useful when users ask about sketchy repos they've stumbled across. The Go code examples show practical pattern matching for suspicious keywords and repository metadata, though you'd mostly use this conversationally rather than programmatically.

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$ npx -y skills add aradotso/security-skills --skill avast-security-awareness --agent claude-code

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Avast Security Awareness Skill

Skill by ara.so — Security Skills collection.

⚠️ Critical Security Warning

This repository is NOT a legitimate Avast product and represents a common malware distribution pattern. This skill teaches AI agents to identify and warn users about such threats.

What This Skill Does

This skill enables AI coding agents to:

  • Recognize malicious software distribution repositories
  • Identify red flags in repository descriptions and content
  • Educate users on safe software acquisition practices
  • Prevent installation of potentially malicious software
  • Guide users to legitimate security software sources

Identifying Malicious Repository Patterns

Red Flags Present in This Repository

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Repository
github.com/aradotso/security-skills
Category
Security
First seen
Jul 14, 2026

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