Command-line tool

yara

brew/yara

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Malware identification and classification tool

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id VirusTotal.YARA -e

macOS

brew install yara

Linux

brew install yara

Scan a specific file with a rule file

yara path/to/rule.yar path/to/file

Recursively scan a directory and subdirectories containing possible threats

yara path/to/rule.yar -r path/to/directory

Scan a running process by its PID using multiple rules

yara path/to/rule1.yar path/to/rule2.yar ... process_id

Browse

• Security scanning

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