I need to scan files which are stored on Azure Blob storage using worker role. Can we install antivirus on Worker role?

Because as per my understanding it flushes all external installation while recycling. Or any other way the detect malicious contents which are stored on Azure blob?

Thanks,

Hi,

 Thank you for posting. 
 I am quoting reply by David Makogon on the following thread : https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e53e05f5-7de4-4b93-9089-896a023f1e24/antivirus-in-windows-azure?forum=WindowsAzureAD
 

If you are trying to do something like scan uploaded documents for viruses (say, a user uploads a Word doc, and you place the unscanned doc in blob storage...), there's currently no on-demand anti-virus software you could install. However, you might be able to create a worker role and upload a standalone AV scan tool with a command-line mode such as Norman Malware Cleaner (Disclaimer: I haven't tried doing this). There are several "portable" anti-virus solutions listed here that might be xcopyable to a worker role.

You'd still have to queue up a message for yourself, to know that a document is needing to be scanned. Then you'd have to copy the document to local storage before scanning, so that the AV tool could access it, and be able to capture the results of the scan to determine whether there was a virus.

 You may also look at the following article that talks about using ClamAV (Antivirus Software) in Azure.
 http://blog.smarx.com/posts/running-clamav-antivirus-software-in-windows-azure
 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5121337/setup-and-use-clamav-anti-virus-with-azure
 
 Also including an Article on Microsoft AntiMalware for Azure Cloud.
 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-antimalware-for-azure-cloud-services-and-virtual-machines/
 
 Let us know if this Helps.

Regards,
Nithin Rathnakar

• Proposed as answer by Nithin.RathnakarMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 18 hours 13 minutes ago

Hi,

 Thank you for posting. 
 I am quoting reply by David Makogon on the following thread : https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e53e05f5-7de4-4b93-9089-896a023f1e24/antivirus-in-windows-azure?forum=WindowsAzureAD
 

If you are trying to do something like scan uploaded documents for viruses (say, a user uploads a Word doc, and you place the unscanned doc in blob storage...), there's currently no on-demand anti-virus software you could install. However, you might be able to create a worker role and upload a standalone AV scan tool with a command-line mode such as Norman Malware Cleaner (Disclaimer: I haven't tried doing this). There are several "portable" anti-virus solutions listed here that might be xcopyable to a worker role.

You'd still have to queue up a message for yourself, to know that a document is needing to be scanned. Then you'd have to copy the document to local storage before scanning, so that the AV tool could access it, and be able to capture the results of the scan to determine whether there was a virus.

 You may also look at the following article that talks about using ClamAV (Antivirus Software) in Azure.
 http://blog.smarx.com/posts/running-clamav-antivirus-software-in-windows-azure
 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5121337/setup-and-use-clamav-anti-virus-with-azure
 
 Also including an Article on Microsoft AntiMalware for Azure Cloud.
 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-antimalware-for-azure-cloud-services-and-virtual-machines/
 
 Let us know if this Helps.

Regards,
Nithin Rathnakar

• Proposed as answer by Nithin.RathnakarMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Thursday, September 10, 2015 1:01 PM

Hi,

 Thank you for posting. 
 I am quoting reply by David Makogon on the following thread : https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e53e05f5-7de4-4b93-9089-896a023f1e24/antivirus-in-windows-azure?forum=WindowsAzureAD
 

If you are trying to do something like scan uploaded documents for viruses (say, a user uploads a Word doc, and you place the unscanned doc in blob storage...), there's currently no on-demand anti-virus software you could install. However, you might be able to create a worker role and upload a standalone AV scan tool with a command-line mode such as Norman Malware Cleaner (Disclaimer: I haven't tried doing this). There are several "portable" anti-virus solutions listed here that might be xcopyable to a worker role.

You'd still have to queue up a message for yourself, to know that a document is needing to be scanned. Then you'd have to copy the document to local storage before scanning, so that the AV tool could access it, and be able to capture the results of the scan to determine whether there was a virus.

 You may also look at the following article that talks about using ClamAV (Antivirus Software) in Azure.
 http://blog.smarx.com/posts/running-clamav-antivirus-software-in-windows-azure
 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5121337/setup-and-use-clamav-anti-virus-with-azure
 
 Also including an Article on Microsoft AntiMalware for Azure Cloud.
 https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-antimalware-for-azure-cloud-services-and-virtual-machines/
 
 Let us know if this Helps.

Regards,
Nithin Rathnakar

• Proposed as answer by Nithin.RathnakarMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Thursday, September 10, 2015 1:01 PM