Malscan

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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

74
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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

Author and Maintainers

Malscan is under development by Josh Grancell.

Installation

Supported operating systems

Malscan is known to work on Linux.

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Categories

This tool is categorized as a Linux malware detection tool and Linux malware scanner.