Virus Scanner

This is a simple Python program that allows you to scan a file for viruses using the VirusTotal API.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• PySimpleGUI
• requests

Setup

1. Sign up for a VirusTotal API key.

2. Clone this repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/virus-scanner.git
   

3. Install the required Python packages:

   pip install PySimpleGUI requests
   

Setting up the VT_API_KEY environment variable

On Windows

1. Open the command prompt by pressing the Windows key + R and typing cmd, then press Enter.
2. Type setx /M VT_API_KEY <your-api-key> and press Enter. This will set the VT_API_KEY environment variable to your API key.
3. Verify that the environment variable has been set correctly by typing echo %VT_API_KEY% and pressing Enter. This should print the value of the VT_API_KEY environment variable.

On Linux

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Type export VT_API_KEY=<your-api-key> and press Enter. This will set the VT_API_KEY environment variable to your API key.
3. Verify that the environment variable has been set correctly by typing echo $VT_API_KEY and pressing Enter. This should print the value of the VT_API_KEY environment variable.

Usage

To run the program, navigate to the directory where the scanner.py script is located and run:

python scanner.py

The program will open a window with a button to select a file for scanning. Once you select a file and click the "Scan" button, the program will send the file to VirusTotal for scanning and print out the results.

Contributing

If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue on GitHub. Any assistance in improving the script will be helpful.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.