VirusTotal

VirusTotal

The logo of VirusTotal
Web address www.virustotal.com
Commercial No
Type of site
 Internet security, file and URL analyzer
Registration Optional
Available in
Owner Google Inc.
Created by Hispasec Sistemas
Launched June 2004 (2004-06)
Alexa rank
 Decrease 4,229 As of 2 May 2016
Current status Active

VirusTotal is a website, created by the Spanish security company Hispasec Sistemas Lanched in June 2004. In September 2012, Google Inc. acquired VirusTotal from Hispasec Sistemas.[1][2]

About

VirusTotal, aggregates many antivirus products and online scan engines[3][4] to check for viruses that the user's own antivirus may have missed, or to verify against any false positives.[5] Files up to 128 MB can be uploaded to the website or sent via email.[6] Anti-virus software vendors can receive copies of files that were flagged by other scans but passed by their own engine, to help improve their software and, by extension, VirusTotal's own capability. Users can also scan suspect URLs and search through the VirusTotal dataset. VirusTotal for dynamic analysis of malware use Cuckoo sandbox.[7] VirusTotal was selected by PC World as one of the best 100 products of 2007.[8]

VTUploader for Microsoft Windows

VTUploader[9] is an application that integrates into the Explorer's (right-click) contextual menu, listed under Send To > Virus Total. The application also launches manually for submitting a URL or a program that is currently running in the OS.

VirusTotal stores the name and various hashes for each scanned file. Already scanned files can be identified by their known (e.g., VT default) SHA256 hash without uploading complete files. The SHA256 query URL has the form https://www.virustotal.com/latest-scan/SHA256. File uploads are normally limited to 128 MB.[10]

VirusTotal for Browsers

There are several browser extensions available, such as VTzilla for Mozilla Firefox, VTchromizer for Google Chrome and VTexplorer for Internet Explorer. They allow the user to download files directly with VirusTotal's web application prior to storing them in the computer, as well as scanning URLs.[11]

VirusTotal for Mobile

The service also offers an Android App[12] that employs the public API to search any installed application for VirusTotal's previously scanned ones and show its status. Any application not previously scanned can be submitted, but an API key must be provided and other restrictions to public API usage may apply (see #Public API).

Public API

VirusTotal provides as a free service a public API that allows for automation of some of its online features such as "upload and scan files, submit and scan URLs, access finished scan reports and make automatic comments on URLs and samples". Some restrictions apply for requests made through the public API, such as requiring an individual API key freely obtained by online signing up, low priority scan queue, limited number of requests per time frame, etc.[13]

Products and services used

This section lists companies and individuals that have integrated a product, tool or resource in VirusTotal, or have contributed somehow.[14]

Antivirus products

Website/domain scanning engines and datasets

  • ADMINUSLabs (ADMINUSLABS)
  • AegisLab WebGuard (AegisLab)
  • Alexa (Amazon)
  • AlienVault (AlienVault)
  • Antiy-AVL (Antiy Labs)
  • AutoShun (RiskAnalytics)
  • Avira Checkurl (Avira)
  • Baidu (Baidu-International)
  • BitDefender (BitDefender)
  • CRDF (CRDF FRANCE)
  • C-SIRT (Cyscon SIRT)
  • CLEAN MX (CLEAN MX)
  • Comodo Site Inspector (Comodo Group)
  • CyberCrime (Xylitol)
  • Dr.Web Link Scanner (Dr.Web)
  • Emsisoft (Emsi Software GmbH)
  • ESET (ESET)
  • FortiGuard Web Filtering (Fortinet)
  • G-Data (G Data)
  • Google Safebrowsing (Google)
  • K7AntiVirus (K7 Computing)
  • Kaspersky URL advisor (Kaspersky Lab)
  • Malc0de Database (Malc0de)
  • Malekal (Malekal's MalwareDB)
  • Malwarebytes hpHosts (Malwarebytes)
  • Malwared (Malwared.ru)
  • Malware Domain Blocklist (DNS-BH - Malware Domain Blocklist)
  • Malware Domain List (Malware Domain List)
  • MalwarePatrol (MalwarePatrol)
  • Malwares.com (Saint Security)
  • Netcraft (Netcraft)
  • Opera (Opera)
  • Palevo Tracker (Abuse.ch)
  • ParetoLogic URL Clearing House (ParetoLogic)
  • Phishtank (OpenDNS)
  • Quttera (Quttera)
  • SCUMWARE (Scumware.org)
  • SecureBrain (SecureBrain)
  • Sophos (Sophos)
  • SpyEye Tracker (Abuse.ch)
  • StopBadware (StopBadware)
  • Sucuri SiteCheck (Sucuri)
  • ThreatHive (The Malwarelab)
  • Trend Micro Site Safety Center (Trend Micro)
  • urlQuery (urlQuery.net)
  • VX Vault (VX Vault)
  • Websense ThreatSeeker (Websense)
  • Webutation (Webutation)
  • Wepawet (iseclab.org)
  • Yandex Safebrowsing (Yandex)
  • ZCloudsec (Zcloudsec)
  • ZDB Zeus (ZDB Zeus)
  • Zeus Tracker (Abuse.ch)
  • Zvelo (Zvelo)

References

  1. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic. "Google Acquires Online Virus, Malware and URL Scanner VirusTotal". TechCrunch. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ↑ An update from VirusTotal
  3. ↑ "Credits & Acknowledgements : About VirusTotal". VirusTotal. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  4. ↑ Example Report
  5. ↑ About VirusTotal
  6. ↑ VirusTotal - Email/Uploader
  7. ↑ Credits of VirusTotal
  8. ↑ PC World - The 100 Best Products of 2007
  9. ↑ "VirusTotal Windows Desktop Application". VirusTotal. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  10. ↑ "What is the maximum file size that can be submitted". FAQ. VirusTotal. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "VTzilla: Mozilla Firefox Browser Extension". VirusTotal. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  12. ↑ "VirusTotal for Android". VirusTotal. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  13. ↑ "VirusTotal Public API v2.0". VirusTotal. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  14. ↑ "Credits & Acknowledgements" (in German). VirusTotal. Retrieved 2014-07-06.

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