Systems and methods for generating file systems of data sources incompatible with anti-virus scanners

A system for anti-virus (AV) scanning incompatible data sources, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to:
• receive, from an AV scanner, a request to scan a data source for malicious activity, wherein the data source comprises a plurality of files, and wherein the AV scanner has a plurality of compatible file types that the AV scanner is capable of scanning;
• determine that the plurality of files are inaccessible to the AV scanner in response to determining that a file type of the data source is not in the plurality of compatible file types;
• generate a file system corresponding to the data source by parsing contents of the data source using a software development kit (SDK) associated with the data source;
• generate a virtual volume comprising a plurality of sparse files corresponding to the plurality of files in the data source;
• populate at least one sparse file in the virtual volume with respective parsed content of a corresponding file in the data source;
• and
• instruct the AV scanner to scan the virtual volume.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon computer executable instructions for anti-virus (AV) scanning incompatible data sources, including instructions for:

• receiving, from an AV scanner, a request to scan a data source for malicious activity, wherein the data source comprises a plurality of files, and wherein the AV scanner has a plurality of compatible file types that the AV scanner is capable of scanning;
• determining that the plurality of files are inaccessible to the AV scanner in response to determining that a file type of the data source is not in the plurality of compatible file types;
• generating a file system corresponding to the data source by parsing contents of the data source using a software development kit (SDK) associated with the data source;
• generating a virtual volume comprising a plurality of sparse files corresponding to the plurality of files in the data source;
• populating at least one sparse file in the virtual volume with respective parsed content of a corresponding file in the data source;
• and
• instructing the AV scanner to scan the virtual volume.