Scanning binary files in json

[SethNJohnson]

Hi, not an issue more of a question. We are storing json packets of our files that look something like this: {mimetype:"application/pdf",filename:"mypdf.pdf",content:""}. Could we get your antivirus scanning to work with this type of file structure? Any tips on where to start, sorry a bit of a newb.

[kofno]

I think it will most likely work. We are just binding to ClamAV to do the actual scan. If you want to be sure, create a file packet that contains an infected file (we test with the EICAR test virus). Then just clamscan some_file.json and see if it detects the infection.

[SethNJohnson]

Unfortunately, it didn't detect it. I should have mentioned the file "contents" are binaryEncoded. Back to the drawing board. Are you available for contract work?

[kofno]

Unfortunately no. I'm not available for contract work.

Without knowing what your use case is, you might consider making the virus scanner part of a pipeline of file processing. For example, maybe a lambda function could be introduced to the workflow that decodes the binary contents before the virus scanner can pick them up. Just spitballing...