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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...

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VTchromizer 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...

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VirusTotal -= PrevX

PrevX engine used at VirusTotal has been removed as that specific product has been EOLd.

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100 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...

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Increasing 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...

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VirusTotal 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...

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VirusTotal 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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VirusTotal 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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AV 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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An 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...

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VirusTotal += 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...

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VirusTotal += 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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