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venk19
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Does Dropbox have native virus scan capability?

I am using dropbox file create request api's to upload a file to dropbox and I realised there is no virus scan happening on the uploaded file.   Wanted to check this forum if anyone has come acro...
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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi venk19, thanks for messaging the Community.

 

Currently, there is no virus scanning on files uploaded to Dropbox, although there is ransomware detection in this add-on for a Dropbox Business plan. 

 

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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