Thanks for the replies, fellow monks!

I think I underestimated in my original message the work a virus checker does. I'd still be very interested in the development of File::Scan, though, and I'm off to look at how this module work.

It would be really neat to hook up File::Scan to an SQL database of virus identities instead of hardcoding them into the code. Maybe make the database public and centralized to keep everyone's copy up to date without having to download updates, patches or additional software.

Hm.. If only I had the time :-)

- wil