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Virus-scanning is the process of finding and eliminating malicious software on a computer. Use this tag for programming questions related to virus scanning on any platform/OS.

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How to be sure ClamAV database is up to date?

I am currently having an issue with ClamAV and freshclam on Centos 6.9. I have the last Clam engine 0.99.2, and a working internet connection. Even if I run the # freshclam -v command ( it only returns a security warning about unsecure permission of…
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How to prevent false positive virus alarm on my software?

Possible Duplicate: Antivirus False positive in my executable Until now, I had over 15 false virus alarms for my programs. Most of them were from Kaspersky, which reports ALWAYS the same virus: Trojan-GameThief.Win32.Lmir.pcd. There are 3…
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Does Java have a built-in Antivirus? Is it true?

Does Java have a built-in Antivirus? One of my friends told me there is in the JVM itself - it's called the "sandbox". Is it true?
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Check upload file for virus in MVC3

How can i check upload file for virus before store it? I previously read this topic,but how can i do it programmatic and return result for user? The best way to avoid problems with user uploaded files of any kind is to have a command line virus…
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Scan uploaded files C# ASP.net

I'm trying to do a virus scan on uploaded files. I have no control over the installed virus scanner, the product hosted by multiple parties with different scanners. I tried the following library but it always returns VirusNotFound on the eicar…
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How can I test my applications against the popular virus scanners?

I need to find out whether my apps are being flagged as viruses by the most popular anti-virus packages (not best, but biggest by user base). I therefore would like to know how others go about this. Some background: I have an application written in…
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Scanning user-uploaded files for malware in a python-based web framework

I'd like to ask web2py and django users which tools/modules they use to scan user-uploaded files for malicious software, viruses, etc. Can you offer any recommendations, based on your personal experience? Thank you.
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Calling the McAfee virus scan engine

I have a request from a client to integrate virus scanning into an application using the McAfee Virus Scan which they have on their server. I have done a bit of investigation and found that McScan32.dll is the main scan engine and it exports various…
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Symantec Scan Engine .NET API Error

I am currently using Symantec Scan engine .NET api for anti virus scanning. I am getting this error "ERR_INITIALIZING_STREAM_REQUEST" - Problem encountered while initializing a stream request to Symantec Scan Engine. But not much details are…
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Validate an uploaded file for size and viruses

I want to facilitate users to upload profile picture from front end on my WordPress blog. I found a plugin "ad local avatar" which can help me for the same (I hadn't tried it until now). But I fear what might happen if a user uploads a very big size…
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disabling virus scan on google chrome inside python script for downloads

I am downloading some excel files from a website via python script, via Google Chrome. For some reason, some of the downloaded files fail the virus scan and get deleted immediately without any prompt. I know these are safe files because if I…
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On-demand virus scanning Windows

I'm wanting to scan files a user uploads to our websites on the server-side. I'd prefer it to be something we can run on-demand that doesn't have to be running all the time on the server. What solutions are available for Windows Server 2008 R2?…
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How to implement virus scan on file upload in a Spring 3 MVC application

I have to scan the uploaded files for virus and show appropriate messages to the user in a Spring 3 MVC app. Currently I have configured file upload using Spring MVC 3. Once the file is recieved in the controller, I have to check for virus presence…
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Why is php.net blocked when I try to view it in Chrome?

I tried to view: http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-getcsv.php And Google Chrome threw out: Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer! Suggestions: Return to the previous page and pick another result. Try another search to find what…
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How a website like Virus Total does work?

Websites like VirusTotal and Jotti provide online malware multi-scan service. I would ask about how can I code an interface for any of Kaspersky,AVG,Symantic..etc in order to implement an online service such as Virustotal? Can I find any support…
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