Malscan
Tool and Usage
Project details
- Year of inception
- License
- GPLv2
- Programming language
- shell script
- Author
- Josh Grancell
- Latest release
- 1.8.1
- Latest release date
Project health
Why this tool?
Malscan is a tool to scan for malicious software (malware) such as viruses, worms, and backdoors. Its goal is to extend ClamAV with more scanning modes and signatures. It targets web servers running Linux, but can also be used on mail servers and desktops.
How it works
Malscan has multiple sources for its malware signatures:
- RFX Networks Signatures
- Metasploit Signatures
- Malscan Signatures
- ClamAV Main Signatures
Detection methods include HEX or MD5 matches, string length (e.g. base64), and MimeType mismatches.
Usage and audience
Malscan is commonly used for malware protection or malware scanning. Target users for this tool are security professionals and system administrators.
Features
- Command line interface
Tool review and remarks
The review and analysis of this project resulted in the following remarks for this security tool:
Strengths
- + Used language is shell script
- + The source code of this software is available
Installation
Supported operating systems
Malscan is known to work on Linux.
Malscan alternatives
Similar tools to Malscan:
MultiScanner
MultiScanner is a modular file scanning and analysis framework. It can be used to scan files and detect malware or other suspicious traces. With the help of the modules, it can be extended to provide more details about a file.
ClamAV
ClamAV is an open source antivirus engine. It can detect malicious software (malware) like trojans, viruses, backdoors and other related threats.
Malice
Malice is a malware analysis that wants to provide a free and open source version of VirusTotal. Read how the framework works in this review.
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Categories
This tool is categorized as a Linux malware detection tool and Linux malware scanner.