OPSWAT is excited to announce that the ability to do file type conversions has been added to Metascan, beginning with the beta release of Metascan 3.8.1, which is available on the OPSWAT Portal.
As part of the workflow for processing files on portable media, MetaDefender allows administrators to specify that certain file types are converted to other files types (e.g. Microsoft Word documents to PDF). By adding this step to the data processing workflow, zero-day attacks where malicious objects are embedded into office documents or image files can be eliminated, even if no antivirus engine detects the threat.
OPSWAT has now taken this capability and added it to Metascan, available through the command line interface. This allows you to leverage the file type conversion functionality through your Metascan installation. Now, in addition to scanning files with all of the engines included in your Metascan deployment you can also use the file type conversion functionality to add an extra layer of security in protecting against zero-day attacks.
In the future this functionality will also be available through the Metascan REST interface as well as part of workflows defined through the Metascan Management Console.
