Keep the malware-scanning capability without making the scanning service another infrastructure job. CypherScan provides a managed layer for scanning files and URLs, then connects qualifying scan activity into broader upload, storage, CI/CD, API, plugin, and Agent workflows.
Replace infrastructure work, not the idea of ClamAV.
CypherScan is an operational alternative to running the scanning infrastructure yourself, not a claim that the underlying malware-scanning technology has disappeared. The useful question is whether your application needs a maintained scanning service and a clean way to put results into the workflows you already run.
You want malware scanning without maintaining a ClamAV service yourself.
Files or URLs need to be checked before they are trusted or processed downstream.
Your workflow includes uploads, S3/object storage, CI/CD, API integrations, or plugins.
You want scan results to feed a broader continuous security attention workflow.
Migration boundary
Do not assume drop-in compatibility.
A managed scanning service changes the integration boundary. Treat a move from self-operated ClamAV to a managed scanning layer as an application and infrastructure migration: identify where scans happen, what receives the result, what should happen on detection or failure, and which operational requirements must remain true.
CypherScan is not presented as a drop-in ClamAV daemon or wire-protocol replacement.
Migration details depend on where and how your application currently calls ClamAV.
Validate your file-size, latency, deployment, and compliance requirements before changing production scanning infrastructure.
Test the scanning workflow before you redesign the infrastructure.
Start with CypherScan Scanner for free. If the fit is right, use the existing integrations and Agent surfaces to decide how far you want the managed workflow to go.
