We kicked off this project with the idea of using it as a means to study the science of computer security during our undergraduate education at the Department Of Computer Science of PSG College Of Technology.

We started off with the simple aim of delivering a lightweight engine that could scan malware content can be used in applications that need virus scanning abilities without having to rely upon heavyweight anti-virus software. For example, a mail client like Microsoft Outlook could use this engine to scan the email attachments for virus infections.

We later implemented static detection techniques such as skeleton detection, smart scanning, bookmarking and string scanning. After gaining deeper insigths, we also experimented with heuristic analysis and x-ray scanning techniques of malware detection. The detection techniques of the engine consume malware signatures/patterns provided by the popular open source engine of Clam AntiVirus.