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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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Disk defragmentation and Virus Scan command using PowerShell for 32bit

I know the command for 64bit in PowerShell but the same when I was trying remotely for another computer having 32bit that PowerShell command is not working which are given below. Can anyone post the command for 32bit in PowerShell which run…
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Email link to launch executable. Will my email get blocked as spam or dangerous?

Just wondering if anyone has experience in sending an email with a link in it to launch an executable. We have clients that require a license key of sorts to be emailed to them, I had an idea to send a link that would launch at executable on the…
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Virus database main.cvd uncompression

In my previous question (Hexadecimal virus signatures database), I asked where I can get a hex virus signature database, and the answer was: ClamAV. So I downloaded the "main.cvd" database and was told that it was a compressed tar file. I have two…
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VB.net Byte Array Search

I am in the process of developing a simple virus scanner, and I was searching for speed improvements on the following function: Public Function FindAInB(ByRef byteArrayA() As Byte, ByRef byteArrayB() As Byte) As Integer Dim startmatch As Integer…
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How to remove open actions and javascript from pdf

Is there a way to quickly remove open actions and javascript from pdfs (without damaging/affecting the contents)? I download pdfs regularly and often see messages like this: when scanning the pdf with virustotal. What would be great is if there is…
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Python: Scan For File Data

I am planning on creating an antivirus program in Python. I am currently trying to scan for malicious file data rather than malicious file names, but am unsure how to implement it. I have virus sample files VirusSample.exe and VirusSample.bat to…
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Cannot close stream until all bytes are written (VirusTotal API, Mvc)

This Question is different from Sending file to VirusTotal with MVC I am a student trying out another mini project where the user can upload a CSV file to the web server. But before I can create another program to execute the file, I would like…
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Sending file to VirusTotal with MVC

I am a student trying out another mini project where the user can upload a CSV file to the web server. But before I can create another program to execute the file, I would like to send the file to virustotal to have it check for virus. I tried but…
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Uploading doc files

Does anyone know of examples of major sites that will allow uploading of docs files to there system, I am thinking of allowing this upload but I'm worried about the posibility of users uploading viruses. I'm worried that someone uploading a virus to…
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How to determine whether a file has passed anti-virus detection?

We have to develop a Java web service that is running on WebLogic Server 12.2.1 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. The web service allows clients to send files to it in BASE64 format, which the web service will then decode and then create actual…
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Bypass virus scanner that blocks fonts

This isn't much a programming language but i hope the community can help, at a place i work every file that i want to insert to our closed network must pass scans, and the scan automatically disables bringing in fonts, and html/js/css. What i did to…
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Google Drive says Resource.dll has W32/FakeAlert.RV.gen!Eldorado

I received a virus warning when trying to download a compressed .net application folder from Google Drive. I uploaded the file originally and have scanned it locally and it is virus free. Using virustotal.com I was able to narrow down the files…
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Does somebody knows what is this code Virus in PHP?

I don't know what is, I found it inside of all PHP files on my server, I think is a kind of virus or something else?, What do you think guys?. Is already on my server, inside of each PHP file on the top of the document, and down of this code start…
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How make ooma work with Sophos UTM

I recently installed a Sophos UTM Home firewall at my home. It seems very full featured and powerful. However, my ooma device stopped working when I set it up. During setup of the Sophos box I told it to allow Voip communications as can be seen from…
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Obfuscated assembly detected by antivirus ( false positive)

I have obfuscated a dotnet winform application with Confuser and then packed with RPX Packer, now the resulting assembly is being given false positive by antiviruses like Kaspersky( deleting it), Avast etc.( Windows defender is OK with it). I am…
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