MalScan

Inspiration

There are tons of malware that gets unnoticed because it is well hidden inside our downloaded files - this needs awareness and a solution.

What it does

It prevents downloads if there is a malware (virus) present in it.

How we built it

This was built using google extensions and virustotal api

Challenges we ran into

I was in a quite a dilemma if I should hardwire the api's key into the code, but I soon found it might raise security issues as the key maybe stolen from unpacked extensions and hence I decided to get the api key from user instead and store it in google storage and retrieve when needed in a secure manner.

What's next for MalScan

• Adding more features and more precise detection of malware
• Updating the pop-up UI

Built With

• extension
• google
• javascript
• virustotal