pyClamAV 0.4.0

pyClamAV program is a python binding to libclamav written in C. By using pyClamAV, you can add virus detection capabilities to your python software in an efficient and easy way.
Intallation:
You need to have clamav and libclamav installed with clamav.h header file. You also need to have python installed.
The simplest way to compile this package is:
- Run python setup.py build
- As root run python setup.py install
It should be done.
Usage:
From python :
Python 2.3.3 (#1, Mar 21 2004, 00:29:15)
[GCC 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pyclamav
>>> ret=pyclamav.scanfile(/tmp/virus)
>>> print ret
(1, Worm.Sober.G)
>>> ret=pyclamav.scanthis("Buffer to test blalblabla...")
>>> print ret
(0, )
>>> print pyclamav.get_numsig()
34861
>>> print pyclamav.get_version()
(0.86.1, 898, 1117257063)
>>> print pyclamav.version()
0.3.0
>>> print pyclamav.scanfile(/tmp) # /tmp is a directory
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in ?
ValueError: Argument is not a filename
Enhancements:
- Support for clamav 0.90.
- Due to the removal of cl_scanbuff from libclamav, pyclamav.scanthis() had to be removed.
- Using pyclamd instead of pyclamav is strongly encouraged.