clamav

ClamAV - Documentation is here: https://docs.clamav.net (by Cisco-Talos)

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    # SHELL:=/bin/bash WORKLOAD_NAME ?= my-project clean: rm -rf artifacts mkdir -p artifacts clean_clambda_dependencies: rm -rf ${PWD}/usr rm -rf artifacts/clambda.zip rm -rf handlers/clambda/dependencies package_clambda: clean_clambda_dependencies mkdir -p handlers/clambda/dependencies/{bin,lib} pip install --target handlers/clambda/dependencies -r handlers/clambda/requirements.txt --upgrade curl -L https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/releases/download/clamav-${CLAMAV_VERSION}/clamav-${CLAMAV_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.rpm \ --output artifacts/clamav-${CLAMAV_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.rpm @if [[ ${UNAME} == 'Darwin' ]]; then \ echo "Run macOS commands for package_clambda"; \ tar xvf artifacts/clamav-${CLAMAV_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.rpm \ -C handlers/clambda/dependencies/bin/ \ --strip-components=4 \ usr/local/bin/clamscan; \ tar xvf artifacts/clamav-${CLAMAV_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.rpm \ -C handlers/clambda/dependencies/lib/ \ --strip-components=4 \ usr/local/lib64/*.so.*; \ else \ echo "Run Linux commands for package_clambda"; \ rpm2cpio artifacts/clamav-1.0.0.linux.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv; \ mv ${PWD}/usr/local/bin/clamscan handlers/clambda/dependencies/bin/; \ mv ${PWD}/usr/local/lib64/*.so.* handlers/clambda/dependencies/lib/; \ fi cd handlers/clambda && zip -r9 ../../artifacts/clambda.zip * deploy_clambda: clean_clambda_dependencies package_clambda aws s3 cp artifacts/clambda.zip s3://${WORKLOAD_NAME}-deploy/functions/clambda.zip aws lambda update-function-code --function-name ${WORKLOAD_NAME}-clambda --s3-bucket=${WORKLOAD_NAME}-deploy --s3-key=functions/clambda.zip
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  • Mastering File Upload Security: DoS and Antivirus
    2 projects | dev.to | 20 Mar 2024
    My recommendation would be to use ClamAV an open source antivirus engine. It is a versatile tool designed to detect multiple types of threats from numerous file formats and other use cases (cross-platform, integration such as mail server). Finally, it is updated on a daily basis, ensuring protection against the latest known threats. This rapid update cycle is crucial for an antivirus tool to be effective.
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    5 projects | /r/linux | 10 Dec 2023
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    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jul 2023
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    1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 3 Jul 2023
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Cisco-Talos/clamav is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 only which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of clamav is C.


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