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NAME

File::VirusScan - Unified interface for virus scanning of files/directories

SYNOPSIS

    my $scanner = File::VirusScan->new({
	engines => {
		'-Daemon::ClamAV::Clamd' => {
			socket_name => '/var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl',
		},
		'-Command::FSecure::FSAV' => {
			path   => '/usr/local/bin/fsav
		},
		'-Daemon::FPROT::V6' => {
			host   => '127.0.0.1',
			port   => 10200,
		}

	},

	order => [ '-Daemon::ClamAV::Clamd', '-Daemon::FPROT::V6', '-Command::FSecure::FSAV' ],

	always_scan => 0,
    });

    my $result = $scanner->scan( "/tmp/uploaded-files" );

    if( $result->all_clean ) {
	return 'Happiness and puppies!';
    } else {
	return 'Oh noes!  You've got ' . join(',' @{ $result->virus_names } );
    }

DESCRIPTION

This class provides a common API for scanning files or directories with one or more third party virus scanners.

Virus scanners are supported via pluggable engines under the File::VirusScan::Engine namespace. At the time of this release, the following plugins are shipped with File::VirusScan:

Clam Antivirus

Scanning daemon via File::VirusScan::Engine::Daemon::ClamAV::Clamd, and commandline scanner via File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::ClamAV::Clamscan

NAI UVScan

File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::NAI::Uvscan

F-Secure FSAV

File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::FSecure::FSAV

Trend Micro

Scanning daemon via File::VirusScan::Engine::Daemon::Trend::Trophie, commandline scanning via File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::Trend::Vscan

BitDefender BDC

File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::BitDefender::BDC

Command Antivirus

File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::Authentium::CommandAntivirus

Norman Antivirus

File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::Norman::NVCC

ESET

Scanning via esets_cli with File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::ESET::NOD32

Symantec

Scanning via Carrier Scan server with File::VirusScan::Engine::Daemon::Symantec::CSS

F-PROT

Scanning daemon via File::VirusScan::Engine::Daemon::FPROT::V4 and File::VirusScan::Engine::Daemon::FPROT::V6, as well as the commandline scanners via File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::FPROT::FPROT and File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::FPROT::Fpscan

Central Command Vexira

File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::CentralCommand::Vexira

Sophos

Daemonized scanning using the Sophie daemon with File::VirusScan::Engine::Daemon::Sophos::Sophie. Commandline scanning with File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::Sophos::Sweep or File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::Sophos::Savscan

Kaspersky

Scanning with aveserver using File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::Kaspersky::AVP5, or with kavscanner using File::VirusScan::Engine::Command::Kaspersky::Kavscanner

METHODS

new ( { config data } )

Creates a new File::VirusScan object, using configuration data in the provided hashref.

Required configuration options are:

engines

Reference to hash of backend virus scan engines to be used, and their specific configurations.

Keys must refer to a class that implements the File::VirusScan::Engine interface, and may be specified as either:

  1. A fully-qualified class name.

  2. A name beginning with '-', in which case the '-' is removed and replaced with the File::VirusScan::Engine:: prefix.

Values should be another hash reference containing engine-specific configuration. This will vary by backend, but generally requires at minimum some way of locating (socket path, host/port) or executing (path to executable) the scanner.

Optional configuration options are:

order

List reference containing keys provided to engines above, in the order in which they should be called.

If omitted, backends will be invoked in hash key order.

always_scan

By default, File::VirusScan will stop scanning a message after one backend finds a virus. If you wish to run all backends anyway, set this option to a true value.

scan ( $path )

Invokes the configured scan backends on the path. The path may be either a single file, or a directory.

Returns an File::VirusScan::ResultSet object, which can be queried for status.

get_backends ( )

Returns a reference to the internal array of configured backend instances.

DEPENDENCIES

File::VirusScan::Engine, File::VirusScan::Result

AUTHOR

Dave O'Neill (dmo@roaringpenguin.com)

Dianne Skoll (dianne@skoll.ca>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007 Roaring Penguin Software, Inc.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, or (at your option) any later version.