I need to allow users to upload files onto a server that has an antivirus program running with real-time scanning switched on. What would be a good design to ensure that infected files are not uploaded to the server. Questions - would large files be copied onto disk and then immediately scanned, or would they be scanned as they are...
Imagine the following situation: A virus infected file was commited into a Subversion repository. A Anti Virus scanner runs on the server and also scans the Subversion repository. The Anti Virus scanner will delete the affected revision or move it to quarantine. The consequence is a broken repository. If the revision file is recover...
Quick question guys, I am trying to configure a virus scanner to scan file uploads by users and am just curious whether they must be stored on the server before being scanned or if you can scan before saving the file? I am running apache on linux with php. Any advice appreciated. ...
Would like to hear your suggestion to implement anti-virus Java API to scan uploaded document/files before storing them into database. ...
I tried to email a DLL-file built with Delphi but received an rejection email reporting: "Your email was rejected because it contains the Trojan.Delf-9364" So I uploaded the file to http://scanner.novirusthanks.org and sure enough it reports a positive in one of the virus scanners: "F-PROT6 20100630 4.5.1.85 W32/Swizzor-based.2!Maxi...
I have an application with a static class that is capturing all errors that happens during the runtime (if its the case) and when process is done, it sends out an email with the list of errors so I or any other developers can address those errors. However my problem is that McAfee is blocking the request, as if it was a kind of virus. ...
Hi All, I have an application which runs on windows. I am facing following issues. AV/AS blocks my application after install and when invoked first time. AV/AS blocks does not allow my application to communicate with the server, it blocks my UDP/TCP connection. AV/AS blocks my application access to windows registry operation. AV/AS bl...
can someone compare server based antivirus vs client based antivirus systems? Is it something like that in server side the updates for the antivirus system are downloaded at the server or by a single client attached to the server, and then other clients can locally update their copy over LAN. Whereas in a client side antivirus each upd...
why are null packets (bit stuffed) detected as virus by some anti-virus programs. Thanks in advance -Miss subanki ...
Another question on StackOverflow is asking how this is done, but the general question of how Firefox manages this is even more useful, and would answer that question also. Without reading all the source code to firefox (I haven't time) - is anyone familiar enough with Firefox V3's ability to invoke a scan on any downloaded EXE file to ...
Hello, I want to do some malware detection on Windows. anybody knows any Free or OpenSource Antivirus Engine with on access protection support? I found ClamAV and ClamWin and decided to make a GUI Front End with C# and somehow add OnAccess protection support with System Wide Hooks. but I think it's too difficult to do so... So, would y...
Hi, I just ran into an annoying problem. Suddenly Avira AntiVir startet to flag one executable from my software as being a virus. As the default action from almost any user is to click OK and Avira suggests to put the "virus" in quarantaine, most of my users are deleting this executable. Well, let´s not be arrogant and check if I...
Basically, I want to virus scan files as they are uploaded (before writing them to disk) to a web app. In particular, I'd like to integrate with "McAfee VirusScan Enterprise" (latest version). From a design and maintenance perspective, would it perhaps be better to scan certain paths at the firewall using a third party product? That w...
I have written a program (Mimer 1.1 -- http://sourceforge.net/projects/mimer/files/) and after 3000 downloads I found out that my own Nod32 Antivirus detects my program as a Win32/Agent.NFIWJLP trojan. My program has a c++ sub program that makes a system hook to watch the keyboard and mouse movements and events in the system (similar to ...
I was looking at ClamAV and checked it out. I want to help develop (or learn) on writing Antivirus application. I would like to know if there are more than one (ClamAV) opensource antivirus out there and how would you suggest to fork from an opensource if I wanted to make myself a one. ...
I'm writing a Java-based web app that allows users to upload and submit content to the site. Before it is made available, though, I'd like to perform a virus scan to ensure that no malicious content gets posted. Does anyone know of an anti-virus scanner that can be accessed via Java? The app will be hosted on Linux (CentOS 5.5 x64) an...
In my experience, antivirus software is a nuisance at best and behaves much the viruses they promise to protect us from. If I have to install antivirus software in a .net windows 2k8 environment, which ones are least invasive and likely to cause issue with my .net applications? ...
I there any website which can provide a antivirus definition database to create a new antivirus software. ...
Hello i want to make a Antivirus Software in DataStructure using C#.So help neended for the Algorithm. ...
I need to develop antivirus software for Windows. Where can I download viruses or virus-like programs to test it with? ...