What it looks like is a virus Because it happens to use a base64-encoded string to obscure some of what it's doing? Yes, there's malware which does that, but t

What it looks like is a virus Because it happens to use a base64-encoded string to obscure some of what it's doing? Yes, there's malware which does that, but this is also such an ancient trick in humorous code obfuscation that it seems silly to jump to the level of paranoia you're displaying (especially given that A) it's by a well-known member of the Python community and B) it was published April 1).