Overview

The Cloudmersive Virus Scan API is a cloud-native malware detection service that scans files, URLs, and content for viruses, malware, and security threats. It leverages a continuously updated threat database of over 17 million virus and malware signatures, delivers fast in-memory scanning with typical sub-second response times, and supports a wide range of file types including Office, PDF, HTML, Flash, and various archive formats. Advanced scanning options add full content verification—blocking executables, scripts, invalid files, and more while enabling customizable threat rules.

Features and Capabilities

• **File Scanning: **High-performance in-memory scanning of uploaded files with sub‑second typical response times, covering viruses, malware, trojans, ransomware, and spyware.
• **Advanced Scanning & Content Verification: **Includes 360‑degree protection beyond signatures—inspecting executables, invalid/bogus files, scripts, unsafe archives, macros, and more; allows customizable file‑type restrictions.
• **URL & Website Scanning: **Scan websites and URLs for malicious content, phishing, and security threats, detecting threats as part of site content analysis.
• **Cloud Storage Integration: **Connected scanning for files in Azure Blob, AWS S3, GCP Storage, and SharePoint. Supports both standard and advanced scans directly from storage objects.
• **Broad File Format Support: **Support for Office formats, PDF, HTML, Flash, MSG, image files, zip and archived formats (.zip, .rar, .dmg, .tar), etc.
• **Continuously Updated Threat Database: **Access to over 17 million signatures with rapid cloud-based updates to stay ahead of new threats.
• **Performance & SLA: **Enterprise-grade scale with more than 1 billion API calls consumed, 99.99% uptime SLA, and multi-region or on‑premises deployment options.
• **SDK & Platform Support: **Available in major languages (.NET, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, Drupal, Zapier connectors), and integrates with platforms like Power Automate and Logic Apps.