Virustotal v2.0 Released

Virustotal, a gem for interacting with Virustotal.com v2.0 has been released. The only major change is that it is now a rubygem, below is the change log. Below that is some basic usage.

# 2.0.0 (February 20, 2011)
- Converted the entire thing into a rubygem
- Cleaned up the code significantly
- Added a config file to store the api-key in
- Fixed up the command line options some
- Optimized execution some

Installation

% gem install virustotal
% virustotal [options]

Usage

Searching a file of hashes

% virustotal -f file_with_hashes_one_per_line

Searching a single hash

% virustotal -h FD287794107630FA3116800E617466A9

Searching a file of hashes and outputting to XML

% virustotal -f file_with_hashes_one_per_line -x

Upload a file to Virustotal and wait for analysis

% virustotal -u /path/to/file

Search for a single URL

% virustotal -s "http://www.google.com"

I have no relationship with Virustotal.com other than writing this gem. If you like their service let them know. If you find any bugs in this gem let me know at the github page.