Cloudmersive - Virus Scan - Advanced scan a file

Use the Cloudmersive - Virus Scan - Advanced scan a file action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to scan a file for viruses using advanced options.

For more information about Cloudmersive - Virus Scan, go to Cloudmersive - Virus Scan.

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Configure the Cloudmersive - Virus Scan - Advanced scan a file action

  1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  1. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
  1. Specify the File to scan for viruses.
  2. Specify the advanced options for the scan.
  3. Create or select a variable for the output.

For more information on all the required and optional configuration fields, go to Cloudmersive - Virus Scan - Advanced scan a file action fields and settings.

Cloudmersive - Virus Scan - Advanced scan a file action fields and settings

Section Field Description Variable types

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Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The Cloudmersive - Virus Scan connection used to scan for viruses.

To refresh the available connections, click .

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File

The file that you want to scan for viruses.

Note: Your tenancy's default file storage location must be configured to hold files for later reference by the workflow. This location is used for uploaded files and for files stored as output from actions.

File
  Allow executables Set to allow scanning of executable files (program code). Default is no (recommended). Boolean
  Allow invalid files Set to allow scanning of invalid files, such as a PDF file that is not really a valid PDF file, or a Word Document that is not a valid Word Document. Default is false (recommended). Boolean
  Allow scripts Set to allow scanning of script files, such as a PHP files, Python scripts, and other malicious content or security threats that can be embedded in the file. Set to true to allow these file types. Default is false (recommended). Boolean
  Allow password protected files Set to allow scanning of password protected and encrypted files, such as encrypted zip and rar files, and other files that seek to circumvent scanning through passwords. Set to true to allow these file types. Default is false (recommended). Boolean
  Allow macros Set to allow scanning of macros and other threats embedded in document files, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint embedded Macros, and other files that contain embedded content threats. Set to true to allow these file types. Default is false (recommended). Boolean
  Restrict file types Specify a restricted set of file formats to allow as clean as a comma-separated list of file formats, such as .pdf,.docx,.png would allow only PDF, PNG and Word document files. All files must pass content verification against this list of file formats, if they do not, then the result will be returned as CleanResult=false. Set restrictFileTypes parameter to null or empty string to disable; default is disabled. Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output Scan result

Stores the result of the action as an object. See the Cloudmersive Virus scan API documentation for information on these values.

The following values are returned:

  • Clean result: (Boolean)
  • Contains executable: (Boolean)
  • Contains invalid file: (Boolean)
  • Contains script: (Boolean)
  • Contains password protected file: (Boolean)
  • Contains restricted file format: (Boolean)
  • Contains macros: (Boolean)
  • Verified file format: (Text)
  • Found viruses: (Collection)
    • File name: (Text)
    • Virus name: (Text)
 Object