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							|  |  |  | Data scan functions</A> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  |     It's possible to scan a file or descriptor using: | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     <PRE> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	int cl_scanfile(const char *filename, const char **virname, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	unsigned long int *scanned, const struct cl_engine *engine, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	const struct cl_limits *limits, unsigned int options); | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	int cl_scandesc(int desc, const char **virname, unsigned | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	long int *scanned, const struct cl_engine *engine, const | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	struct cl_limits *limits, unsigned int options); | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </PRE> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     Both functions will store a virus name under the pointer <code>virname</code>, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     the virus name is part of the engine structure and must not be released | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     directly. If the third argument (<code>scanned</code>) is not NULL, the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     functions will increase its value with the size of scanned data (in | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     <code>CL_COUNT_PRECISION</code> units). Both functions have support for archive | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     limits in order to protect against Denial of Service attacks. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     <PRE> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | struct cl_limits { | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     unsigned long int maxscansize;  /* during the scanning of archives this | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                                      * size will never be exceeded | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                                      */ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     unsigned long int maxfilesize;  /* compressed files will only be | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                                      * decompressed and scanned up to this size | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                                      */ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     unsigned int maxreclevel;       /* maximum recursion level for archives */ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     unsigned int maxfiles;          /* maximum number of files to be scanned | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                                      * within a single archive | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |                                      */ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     unsigned short archivememlim;   /* limit memory usage for some unpackers */ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | }; | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </PRE> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     The last argument (<code>options</code>) configures the scan engine and supports | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     the following flags (that can be combined using bit operators): | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |      | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <UL> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_STDOPT</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | This is an alias for a recommended set of scan options. You | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      should use it to make your software ready for new features | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      in the future versions of libclamav. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_RAW</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Use it alone if you want to disable support for special files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_ARCHIVE</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | This flag enables transparent scanning of various archive formats. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_BLOCKENCRYPTED</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | With this flag the library will mark encrypted archives as viruses | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      (Encrypted.Zip, Encrypted.RAR). | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_MAIL</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Enable support for mail files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_MAILURL</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | The mail scanner will download and scan URLs listed in a mail | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      body. This flag should not be used on loaded servers. Due to | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      potential problems please do not enable it by default but make | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      it optional. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_OLE2</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Enables support for OLE2 containers (used by MS Office and .msi | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      files). | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_PDF</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Enables scanning within PDF files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_PE</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | This flag enables deep scanning of Portable Executable files and | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      allows libclamav to unpack executables compressed with run-time | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      unpackers. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_ELF</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Enable support for ELF files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_BLOCKBROKEN</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | libclamav will try to detect broken executables and mark them as | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      Broken.Executable. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_HTML</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | This flag enables HTML normalisation (including ScrEnc | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	      decryption). | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_ALGORITHMIC</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Enable algorithmic detection of viruses. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_PHISHING_BLOCKSSL</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Phishing module: always block SSL mismatches in URLs. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <LI><SPAN  CLASS="textbf">CL_SCAN_PHISHING_BLOCKCLOAK</SPAN> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <BR> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Phishing module: always block cloaked URLs. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |      | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </LI> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | </UL> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     All functions return 0 (<code>CL_CLEAN</code>) when the file seems clean, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     <code>CL_VIRUS</code> when a virus is detected and another value on failure. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |     <PRE> | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	    ... | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	    struct cl_limits limits; | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	    const char *virname; | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	memset(&limits, 0, sizeof(struct cl_limits)); | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	limits.maxfiles = 10000; | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	limits.maxscansize = 100 * 1048576; /* 100 MB */ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	limits.maxfilesize = 10 * 1048576; /* 10 MB */ | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	limits.maxreclevel = 16; | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | 	if((ret = cl_scanfile("/tmp/test.exe", &virname, NULL, engine, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	&limits, CL_STDOPT)) == CL_VIRUS) { | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	    printf("Virus detected: %s\n", virname); | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	} else { | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	    printf("No virus detected.\n"); | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	    if(ret != CL_CLEAN) | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	        printf("Error: %s\n", cl_strerror(ret)); | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | 	} | 
					
						
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