The IPQS Malware File Scanner API scans files in real time to detect viruses and malicious files. Accurately detect ransomware, trojans, keyloggers, adware, rootkits, spyware, and unwanted software with our live file malware scanning.

You can test out the IPQS malicious file scanner using our free tool.

You can use the following URLs to submit files to the Malware Scanner API using cURL or another utility in most languages.

Replace TYPE with the URL or file to scan. The type can be populated with scan or lookup. lookup will only check our database of file scans in the last 24 Hours for the same file, while scan executes a full malware file virus scan. Use the file field to submit the file by POST with each API request. You can optionally pass a file URL instead of the entire file, as shown in the example code.

JSON

XML

Success Response

This is an example success response in JSON format. Responses are also available in XML format. Details about each of these variables can be found in Response Parameters.

Error Response

Example errors that you may encounter when accessing our API due to an exhausted credit balance or an invalid request. Details about each of these variables can be found in Response Parameters.

Learn more about each of the variables included in the responses you receive.