Raspirus is a lightweight malware scanner designed to identify suspicious files using YARA detection rules. It was originally developed for scanning USB storage devices connected to a Raspberry Pi but has since evolved into a desktop application for checking local files and directories.
The scanner uses a Rust backend with an interface built using Iced. Its emphasis is on providing a straightforward scanning workflow without requiring users to work directly with YARA command-line utilities.
Raspirus uses rule-based detection rather than relying on its original large database of file hashes. This reduces the storage requirements for malware definitions and allows the scanner to recognise suspicious patterns within files.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- YARA-based malware detection for identifying known malicious patterns and suspicious file content.
- Multithreaded scanning with a configurable number of CPU cores allocated to the task.
- Scan individual files, directories and attached storage devices.
- Support for inspecting files inside ZIP, XZ, Zstandard, Bzip2 and Deflate64 archives.
- Rust-based graphical interface built with the Iced toolkit.
- Dark mode support for the desktop interface.
- PDF report generation containing scan summaries, detected threats and skipped files.
- Export scan logs for further examination or troubleshooting.
- VirusTotal lookup functionality for investigating suspicious files.
- Local compilation of detection rules rather than downloading precompiled rule binaries.
- Custom update mirror support for retrieving malware detection rules.
- Settings synchronisation with the application’s configuration file.
- Designed to operate on comparatively modest hardware without requiring a large malware hash database.
- Cross-platform support for Linux, macOS and Windows.
Website: github.com/Raspirus/Raspirus
Support:
Developer: Benjamin Demetz, Felix Hell Björn
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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