vtotalcheckfile - Command Line VirusTotal File Scanner

This simple command line utility will upload a file to VirusTotal and check it for viruses, malware and trojans.

Features

• Checks to see if a report already exists for the file before uploading to save time.
• Force upload a file even if a report aleady exists.
• Checks for newly generated report immediately after upload and at specified intervals until report is available.

RubyGem Requirements

• json

• rdoc

• rest-client

• term-ansicolor

• public API key from virustotal.com

Installation

RubyGems

gem install json rdoc rest-client term-ansicolor

**Latest from sources***

git clone git://github.com/hink/ruby-vtotalcheckfile.git
cd ruby-vtotalcheckfile
# edit vtotalcheckfile and insert your VirusTotal API key (line 85)
./vtotalcheckfile -h

Options

-f, --force         Force VirusTotal to re-analyze your file
-h, --help          Displays help message
-i, --interval      Check Interval in seconds (min 15)
-v, --version       Display the version, then exit
-V, --verbose       Verbose

Usage

vtotalcheckfile [-fhvV][-i checkInterval] filepath

Examples

vtotalcheckfile ~/document.pdf

vtotalcheckfile -f -i 15 /home/user1/document.doc