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Troubleshooting Computer Issues

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent troubleshooting helper, but users should know it writes local troubleshooting notes and includes some powerful repair commands.

Install only if you are comfortable with a troubleshooting skill creating .troubleshooting-memory/ files in your workspace. Review commands before running them, especially sudo, global Git config changes, Docker group changes, and force-kill commands, and avoid recording secrets, tokens, private logs, or credentials in the memory files.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding
The skill mandates writing to `.troubleshooting-memory/` for every attempt but does not require user awareness, consent, or confirmation before modifying local files. In an agent setting, this creates an unsafe side effect: the assistant may persist data to disk unexpectedly, potentially storing sensitive troubleshooting details or altering the user's workspace without explicit approval.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
The guidance includes forceful process-termination commands (`Stop-Process -Force` and `kill -9`) without warning that they can abruptly terminate the wrong process, cause data loss, and destabilize services. In a troubleshooting skill, users may copy-paste commands with substituted ports, so omission of safety checks and non-forceful alternatives makes accidental damage more likely.

VirusTotal

62/62 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.