Moving to Google App Engine
We are releasing a new VirusTotal version, most of you will not notice much of a change (other than the new layout), nonetheless, it is full of exciting features. So as to describe them, we are also...
View ArticleVTchromizer version 1.1
VTchromizer is a Google Chrome browser extension for interacting with VirusTotal. We describe its full functionality in its official documentation and you can install it directly from the Chrome Web...
View ArticleVirusTotal -= PrevX
PrevX engine used at VirusTotal has been removed as that specific product has been EOLd.
View Article100 million files
VirusTotal has reached a remarkable milestone today: 100 million files in it's database. That's more than most countries' population. Really amazing. But even more amazing is that more than 60 millions...
View ArticleIncreasing the family
Today we have released a new VirusTotal version, as usual, we would like to share with you the modifications and enhancements:New URL scanning engines and malicious URL/domain datasets have been...
View ArticleVirusTotal URL scanner += Comodo Site Inspector
Today we are integrating Comodo Site Inspector in VirusTotal's URL scanning engine. We have reached 26 URL scanners/datasets and a bunch of domain classifiers/datasets. We intend to keep increasing...
View ArticleVirusTotal URL scanner += AlienVault
Yesterday we added Comodo Site Inspector to VirusTotal's URL scanning engine, today we are really happy to announce that AlienVault has also become part of our small family. The list of URL scanners...
View ArticleVirusTotal += Malware Domain Blocklist
We are happy to announce that Malware Domain Blocklist has been integrated in VirusTotal's URL scanning engine. Malware Domain Blocklist is a dataset of malicious domains rather than a full URL...
View ArticleVirusTotal += hpHosts
This morning we announced that we had integrated Malware Domain Blocklist in VirusTotal's URL scanning engine. Continuing the trend of including domain scanners and datasets, we have just added hpHosts...
View ArticleVirusTotal += Palevo Tracker
It seems that lately it is all about domain scanners/datasets, today we have included Palevo Tracker. Palevo is a worm that spreads using instant messaging, P2P networks and removable drives (like USB...
View ArticleVirusTotal for Android
Years ago there was much fuzz about mobile malware, yet the devices themselves were so limited that the claims made were considered no more than hypes developed exclusively with marketing purposes so...
View ArticleVirusTotal += Sophos URL scanner
Lately we had been introducing many domain characterization datasets/tools in our URL scanning engine, today we are excited to announce that Sophos' fully-fledged URL filtering solution has become part...
View ArticleVirusTotal += Cyscon SIRT URL Scanner
We have just introduced Cyscon SIRT (C-SIRT) malicious URL dataset in VirusTotal's URL scanning engine.This is an example of the Cyscon (C-SIRT) output, do not forget to refer to the additional...
View ArticleVirusTotal += SecureBrain URL scanner
Some weeks ago I came across gred, the truth is I had never heard of gred before, however, I did know SecureBrain, the company behind gred. I contacted them to see whether they would be interested in...
View ArticleVirusTotal += Behavioural Information
There has already been some Twitter buzz around this even though we have not announced it publicly yet, indeed, some of you have already noticed it:We have introduced behavioural information in our...
View ArticleAV Comparative Analyses, Marketing, and VirusTotal: A Bad Combination
[originally written in 2007 (deprecated & offline blog), I have recovered it because remains a topical issue]I have read today this piece of news:"An experiment conducted at the end of March by...
View ArticleVirusTotal += Sucuri SiteCheck
It has been a while since we last added some new analyzer to our URL scanning engine, today we are excited to announce that Sucuri SiteCheck has become part of our small family. This is how the Sucuri...
View ArticleAn update from VirusTotal
Our goal is simple: to help keep you safe on the web. And we’ve worked hard to ensure that the services we offer continually improve. But as a small, resource-constrained company, that can sometimes be...
View ArticleVirusTotal += Kingsoft
We welcome Kingsoft as a new engine working at VirusTotal. Kingsoft Security is a chinese antivirus company that has been in the market since year 2000, and now is the fifth largest Internet software...
View ArticleVirusTotal += Webutation
It has been a while since we last included a domain characterization dataset, we have just added Webutation and we would like to give them a really warm welcome.The Webutation team describes its...
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