Antivirus wrapper

ClamAV wrapper to scan files for malware.

antivirus.antivirus.scan_file(path)

Scan path for viruses using clamd or clamscan (depends on settings.USE_CLAMD.

Parameters:

path (str) – Relative or absolute path of file/directory you need to scan.

Returns:

dict – {filename: ("FOUND", "virus type")} or blank dict.

Raises:

• ValueError – When the server is not running.
• AssertionError – When the internal file doesn’t exists.

antivirus.antivirus.save_and_scan(filename, b64_data)

Save b64_data to temporary file and scan it for viruses.

Parameters:

• filename (str) – Name of the file - used as basename for tmp file.
• b64_data (str) – Content of the file encoded in base64.

Returns:

dict – {filename: ("FOUND", "virus type")} or blank dict.