How to scan a file with antivirus on upload in Java? [closed]

Question

I am working on an application which requires file upload and it also requires to scan the file with available antivirus on server.

I have heard abt APIS available from Symantec for application server.

Situatuion is like, I need to deploy the application at different places in the future. So, I am thinking to place a configuration file from where I am going to fetch available Antivirus & its path.

I want to use any available antivirus on server and then using command line, I want to pass file name and result back.

I am confused in passing file and retrieving back results.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

Use the following code.

String[] commands =  new String[5];
                  commands[0] = "cmd";
                  commands[1] = "/c";
                  commands[2] = "C:\\Program Files\\AVG\\AVG10\\avgscanx.exe";
                  commands[3] = "/scan=" + filename;
                  commands[4] = "/report=" + virusoutput;


                 Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
                 Process proc = rt.exec(commands);

Commnad line would be better option for you. then read the log file to solve the problem.

Answer 2

I just googled up and found an interesting article have a look at here

To implement a virus file scan in Java, a third-party package needs to be used. For the purposes of this article, I will use Symantec Scan Engine (SSE) package, which comes with Java APIs. This package is an application that serves as a TCP/IP server and has a programming interface and enables Java applications to incorporate support for content scanning technologies. For this article, I used Symantec Scan Engine 5.1, which is available as a Unix or Windows install.

quick reference:

public void scanFile(byte[] fileBytes, String fileName)
   throws IOException, Exception {

   if (scan) {
      AVClient avc = new AVClient(avServer, avPort, avMode);
      if (avc.scanfile(fileName, fileBytes) == -1) {
         throw new VirusException("WARNING: A virus was detected in
            your attachment: " + fileName + "<br>Please scan
            your system with the latest antivirus software with
            updated virus definitions and try again.");
      }
   }
}

then

catch (Exception ex) {
   logger.error(ex);
   if (ex instanceof VirusException) {
      // do something here
   }
   else {
      // there was some other error – handle it
   }
}