yara 1.7.7

Description:

yara 1.7.7

What’s in yara-ctypes:

A ctypes libyara wrapper module which exposes libyara’s exports into the
Python runtime (see: yara-project’s libyara v1.7).
A thread safe Rules object with an interface that is compatible with the
interface exposed in the yara-project CPython extension module.
namespace management to allow easy loading of multiple YARA rules into a
single Rules matching object.
Various Scanner class types to enable thread or process pool execution
of matching requests over a Rules object.
A feature rich command line interface that gives the user many options to
control how they may wish to perform a scan.

Why:

ctypes releases the GIL on system function calls… Run your PC to its
true potential.
It simplifies things a lot by keeping high order logic such as managing rules
paths, filtering paths, controlling pooled execution, etc. inside of a
language such as Python.
No more building the PyC extension…
I found a few bugs and memory leaks and wanted to make my life simple.

As a reference and guide to yara-ctypes see: yara-ctypes documentation
For additional tips / tricks with this wrapper feel free to post a question at
the github yara-ctypes/issues page.
Project hosting provided by github.com.
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Install and run
Simply run the following:
> python setup.py install
> python setup.py test
> yara-ctypes -h
or PyPi:
> pip install yara
> yara-ctypes -h

Note
If the package does not contain a pre-compiled libyara library for your
platform you will need to build and install it. See notes on building.



Compatability
yara-ctypes is implemented to be compatible with Python 2.6+ and Python 3.x.
It has been tested against the following Python implementations:
Ubuntu 12.04:


CPython 2.7 (32bit, 64bit)
CPython 3.2 (32bit, 64bit)


Ubuntu 11.10 :


CPython 2.6 (32bit)
CPython 2.7 (32bit)
CPython 3.2 (32bit)
CPython 3.3 (32bit)


Windows 7:


CPython 2.6 (32bit, 64bit)
CPython 3.2 (32bit, 64bit)


OS X Mountain Lion


CPython 2.7 (64bit)


Continuous integration testing is provided by Travis CI.


Issues
Source code for yara-ctypes is hosted on GitHub.
Please file bug reports
with GitHub’s issues system.


Change log
version 1.7.7 (27/05/2014)

str conversion fix (contribution by David Cannings @olliencc)

version 1.7.6 (26/10/2013)

now using setuptools for distribution

version 1.7.5 (13/09/2013)

added CLI status thread
improved process and thread completion code

version 1.7.4 (12/09/2013)

added yar preprocessor
fixed asynchronous counter bug
solved the unyielded results issue

version 1.7.3 (28/04/2013)

scan using a process pool or thread pool
bug fixes and more testing

version 1.7.2 (19/04/2013)

cli improvements
bug fixes

version 1.7.1 (17/04/2013)

StdinScanner
overlap control for stream chunk enqueueing

version 1.7.0 (15/04/2013)

ships with builds of libyara-1.7
compatibility issues solves with yara-1.7’s interface changes
major change up and improvement to the scan command line interface.
a lot more testing

version 1.6.5 (12/04/2013)

more tech in scan
improved test
bug fixes

version 1.6.4 (11/04/2013)

supports py3.3
additional test
improved scan interface
bug fixes

version 1.6.3 (08/03/2013)

bug fix to yara.py (callback callable check)

version 1.6.2 (28/02/2013)

support for OS X Mountain Lion

version 1.6.1 (06/09/2012)

Support for 64bit Windows
Bug fixes
Added documentation

version 1.6.0 (01/09/2012)

Initial release