Malware Scanner

This is a simple command-line tool to scan for malware on your system. The tool scans the given directories and checks if any of the files match the hashes of known malware. If a match is found, the tool reports the path of the infected file and the type of malware it matches.

Installation

To use this tool, you need Python 3 installed on your system. You can download Python 3 from the official website here.

Once you have Python 3 installed, download or clone this repository to your local machine. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/halildeniz/malware-scanner.git

After cloning the repository, navigate to the project directory and install the required dependencies by running the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

To use the malware scanner, run the following command in your terminal from the project directory:

python scanner.py

The tool will scan the default directories for malware. If you want to scan additional directories, you can pass them as command line arguments. For example:

python scanner.py /path/to/directory /path/to/another/directory

Note that you must have the necessary permissions to scan the directories you want to scan.

Contributing

If you find a bug or have an idea for a new feature, please open an issue on this repository. If you want to contribute code, please fork this repository and submit a pull request.

License

This tool is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more details.