Features

🧩 Features

This document outlines all core and optional features of the VirusTotal File Scanner, designed for usability, security, and extensibility.

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🔑 Core Features

✅ VirusTotal API Integration

• Scan files or hashes using over 70 antivirus engines
• Supports hash-only mode to avoid uploading actual files

✅ Hash Calculation

• SHA-256 (default), SHA-1, MD5
• Optional: BLAKE2, SHA3 (planned)
• Hashes are shown in the UI and used for API queries

✅ GUI Interface

• Built with PySimpleGUI or Tkinter
• Drag & Drop file support
• Clear display of detection results and file metadata

✅ Export Options

• Save scan results as .json or .csv
• Custom export directory
• Suitable for documentation, reporting, and audits

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🌍 Internationalization

• Language toggle between English and German
• Ready for additional language packs (planned)

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🧪 Security Focused

• Codebase protected with PyArmor
• No sensitive logic or API key exposed
• Encrypted app.py, requires pyarmor_runtime.pyd

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🔧 Customizable Configuration

• config.py and .env support
• Set API key, language, export format, logging
• Enable or disable hash-only mode

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📋 Logging (Optional)

• Write scan logs with timestamps
• Log file can be analyzed later
• Supports debugging and forensic workflows

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🧰 Optional & Planned Features

• CLI support for batch scanning
• Risk score visual indicators (traffic light)
• VT scan history, dashboard integration
• Digital signature verification
• Multiple user profiles
• Plugin interface

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🧠 Designed For:

• Developers and security analysts
• Admins and incident responders
• Forensic workflows and DevSecOps