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Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) functions

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Functions that your application can call to request a scan. AMSI provides the following functions.

Function Description
AmsiCloseSession Close a session that was opened by AmsiOpenSession.
AmsiInitialize Initialize the AMSI API.
AmsiNotifyOperation Sends to the antimalware provider a notification of an arbitrary operation.
AmsiOpenSession Opens a session within which multiple scan requests can be correlated.
AmsiResultIsMalware Determines if the result of a scan indicates that the content should be blocked.
AmsiScanBuffer Scans a buffer-full of content for malware.
AmsiScanString Scans a string for malware.
AmsiUninitialize Remove the instance of the AMSI API that was originally opened by AmsiInitialize.