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I Wrapped ClamAV for Node.js So You Don't Have To

The reason is friction. ClamAV, the de facto open-source antivirus engine, does not have a clean Node.js interface. If you want to scan a file against it, you write infrastructure code: manage a daemon, open a TCP socket, speak the INSTREAM protocol, parse the response, handle reconnection, wrap all...

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