Does the new release of Azure ATP for Azure Blob Storage work when using the RESTful API when uploading a file to detect viruses?

Question

We are using the Blob service REST API (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/blob-service-rest-api) to upload files into Azure Blob Storage and want to apply an anti-virus check so infected files can be quarantined and highlighted.

There are many articles that suggest this can only be done using the Storage Explorer and not when using the API. Is this correct, and if so, then are the only solutions described here:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a21409d8-7c10-4ece-a0e9-3023c8540f48/virus-and-malware-protection-azure-storage?forum=windowsazuredata

Answer 1

@Tahir Mahmood

Please see this page for more information on how ATP works with your Azure Storage account. "The threat protection tools don’t scan the uploaded files, rather they examine the storage logs and compare the hashes of newly uploaded files with those of known viruses, trojans, spyware, and ransomware."

If this is not adequate for your use case I suggest you move forward with one of the solutions listed in the MSDN thread.

Hope this helps!

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