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(Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (US), English (GB), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <div style="display:inline;" class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area served</th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data">Hispasec Sistemas</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">General manager</th><td class="infobox-data">Bernardo Quintero</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data">Bernardo Quintero, Emiliano Martínez, Víctor Manuel Álvarez, Karl Hiramoto, Julio Canto, Alejandro Bermúdez, Juan A. Infantes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Holding_company" title="Holding company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google LLC</a> (2012–2018)<br /><a href="/wiki/Chronicle_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronicle (company)">Chronicle</a> (2018–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.virustotal.com">www<wbr />.virustotal<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">June 2004<span class="noprint">; 20 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2004-06</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>VirusTotal</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Website" title="Website">website</a> created by the Spanish security <a href="/wiki/Company" title="Company">company</a> Hispasec Sistemas. Launched in June 2004, it was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> in September 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company's ownership switched in January 2018 to <a href="/wiki/Chronicle_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chronicle (company)">Chronicle</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>. </p><p>VirusTotal does <a href="/wiki/Multiscanning" title="Multiscanning">multiscanning</a>. It aggregates many <a href="/wiki/Antivirus_software" title="Antivirus software">antivirus</a> products and online scan <a href="/wiki/Software_engine" title="Software engine">engines</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> called Contributors.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, 2018, the Cyber National Mission Force, a unit subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">U.S. Cyber Command</a> became a Contributor.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aggregated data from these Contributors allows a user to check for viruses that the user's own antivirus software may have missed, or to verify against any <a href="/wiki/Antivirus_software#Problems_caused_by_false_positives" title="Antivirus software">false positives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Files up to 650 MB can be uploaded to the website, or sent via email (max. 32MB). 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 <a href="/wiki/URL" title="URL">URLs</a> and search through the VirusTotal dataset. VirusTotal uses the Cuckoo <a href="/wiki/Sandbox_(computer_security)" title="Sandbox (computer security)">sandbox</a> for dynamic analysis of <a href="/wiki/Malware" title="Malware">malware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> VirusTotal was selected by <i><a href="/wiki/PC_World_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="PC World (magazine)">PC World</a></i> as one of the best 100 products of 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-2007BestProducts_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007BestProducts-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Products_and_services">Products and services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Products and services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Windows_Uploader">Windows Uploader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Windows Uploader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>VirusTotal's Windows Uploader<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a discontinued desktop application which integrates into File Explorer's context menu, under <i>Send To > VirusTotal</i>. The application also launches manually for submitting a URL or a program that is currently running in the OS. </p><p>VirusTotal stores the name and various hashes for each scanned file. Already scanned files can be identified by their known (e.g., VT default) <a href="/wiki/SHA-2" title="SHA-2">SHA256</a> hash without uploading complete files. The SHA256 query <a href="/wiki/URL" title="URL">URL</a> has the form <code>https://www.virustotal.com/latest-scan/SHA256</code>. File uploads are normally limited to 650 MB.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017 VirusTotal discontinued the Windows Uploader, listing the third party VirusTotalUploader program as an alternative.<sup id="cite_ref-WinUp_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WinUp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uploader_for_Mac_OS_X_and_Linux">Uploader for Mac OS X and Linux</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Uploader for Mac OS X and Linux"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mac OS X and Linux uploaders are similar to the Windows app. One can upload a file via the app's UI or context menu and will be given back a result. The Mac OS X app can be downloaded from the VirusTotal website. To use the app on Linux, one needs to compile and build the app using the same core used in the Mac OS X application (provided in the repository).<sup id="cite_ref-WinUp_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WinUp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="VirusTotal_for_Browsers">VirusTotal for Browsers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: VirusTotal for Browsers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several browser extensions available, such as <i>VT4Browsers</i> for <a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Firefox" class="mw-redirect" title="Mozilla Firefox">Mozilla Firefox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a>, and <i>vtExplorer</i> for <a href="/wiki/Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="VirusTotal_for_Mobile">VirusTotal for Mobile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: VirusTotal for Mobile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The service also offers an <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> <a href="/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">app</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which employs the public <a href="/wiki/API" title="API">API</a> 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 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">(see: <a href="#Public_API">§ Public API</a>)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_API">Public API</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Public API"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>VirusTotal provides a public API as a free service. It provides automation for some of its online features such as to "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, and limited number of requests per time frame.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antivirus_products">Antivirus products</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Antivirus products"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Antivirus engines used for detection for uploading files.<sup id="cite_ref-Files/URL_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Files/URL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>AegisLab (AegisLab)</li> <li>Antiy Labs (Antiy-AVL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aladdin_Knowledge_Systems" title="Aladdin Knowledge Systems">Aladdin</a> (<a href="/wiki/ESafe" title="ESafe">eSafe</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avast_Software" class="mw-redirect" title="Avast Software">AVAST Software</a> (<a href="/wiki/Avast_Antivirus" title="Avast Antivirus">Avast Antivirus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AVG_Technologies" title="AVG Technologies">AVG Technologies</a> (<a href="/wiki/AVG_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="AVG (software)">AVG AntiVirus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avira" title="Avira">Avira</a></li> <li>BluePex (AVware)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baidu" title="Baidu">Baidu</a> (Baidu-International)</li> <li>BitDefender GmbH (<a href="/wiki/BitDefender" class="mw-redirect" title="BitDefender">BitDefender</a>)</li> <li>Bkav Corporation (<a href="/wiki/Bkav" title="Bkav">Bkav</a>)</li> <li>ByteHero Information Security Technology Team (ByteHero)</li> <li>Cat Computer Services (<a href="/wiki/Quick_Heal" title="Quick Heal">Quick Heal</a>)</li> <li>CMC InfoSec (CMC Antivirus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CYREN" title="CYREN">CYREN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ClamAV" title="ClamAV">ClamAV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comodo_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Comodo Group">Comodo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Comodo_Internet_Security" title="Comodo Internet Security">Comodo</a>)</li> <li>Criminal IP</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CrowdStrike" title="CrowdStrike">CrowdStrike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cybereason" title="Cybereason">Cybereason</a></li> <li>Doctor Web Ltd. (<a href="/wiki/Dr.Web" title="Dr.Web">Dr.Web</a>)</li> <li>Emsisoft Ltd. (<a href="/wiki/Emsisoft_Ltd." class="mw-redirect" title="Emsisoft Ltd.">Emsisoft</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endgame,_Inc." title="Endgame, Inc.">Endgame</a></li> <li>Eset Software (<a href="/wiki/ESET_NOD32" title="ESET NOD32">ESET NOD32</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortinet" title="Fortinet">Fortinet</a></li> <li>FRISK Software (<a href="/wiki/F-Prot" class="mw-redirect" title="F-Prot">F-Prot</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/F-Secure" title="F-Secure">F-Secure</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gridinsoft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gridinsoft (page does not exist)">Gridinsoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_Data_CyberDefense" title="G Data CyberDefense">G Data CyberDefense</a> (G Data)</li> <li>Hacksoft (The Hacker)</li> <li>Hauri (ViRobot)</li> <li>IKARUS Security Software (IKARUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INCA_Internet" title="INCA Internet">INCA Internet</a> (nProtect)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invincea" title="Invincea">Invincea</a> (Invincea, acquired by Sophos)</li> <li>Jiangmin (KV Antivirus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab" title="Kaspersky Lab">Kaspersky Lab</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kaspersky_Anti-Virus" title="Kaspersky Anti-Virus">Kaspersky Anti-Virus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsoft" title="Kingsoft">Kingsoft</a></li> <li>Malwarebytes Corporation (<a href="/wiki/Malwarebytes%27_Anti-Malware" class="mw-redirect" title="Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware">Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McAfee" title="McAfee">McAfee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> (Malware Protection)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=MicroWorld&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MicroWorld (page does not exist)">MicroWorld</a> (eScan)</li> <li>NANO Security (<a href="/wiki/NANO_Antivirus" title="NANO Antivirus">NANO Antivirus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Safeground" title="Norman Safeground">Norman</a> (Norman Antivirus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panda_Security" title="Panda Security">Panda Security</a> (Panda Platinum)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto_Networks" title="Palo Alto Networks">Palo Alto Networks</a> (Palo Alto Networks Threat Intelligence Cloud)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qihoo_360" title="Qihoo 360">Qihoo 360</a></li> <li>Rising Antivirus (Rising)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SentinelOne" title="SentinelOne">SentinelOne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophos" title="Sophos">Sophos</a> (SAV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SUPERAntiSpyware" title="SUPERAntiSpyware">SUPERAntiSpyware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NortonLifeLock" class="mw-redirect" title="NortonLifeLock">Symantec Corporation</a> (Symantec)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ThreatTrack_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="ThreatTrack Security">ThreatTrack Security</a> (VIPRE Antivirus)</li> <li>TotalDefense</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trend_Micro" title="Trend Micro">Trend Micro</a> (TrendMicro, TrendMicro-HouseCall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/VirusBlokAda" class="mw-redirect" title="VirusBlokAda">VirusBlokAda</a> (<a href="/wiki/VBA32" class="mw-redirect" title="VBA32">VBA32</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webroot" title="Webroot">Webroot</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WhiteArmor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WhiteArmor (page does not exist)">WhiteArmor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yandex" title="Yandex">Yandex</a></li> <li>Zillya! (Zillya)</li> <li>Zoner Software (Zoner Antivirus)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Website/domain_scanning_engines_and_datasets"><span id="Website.2Fdomain_scanning_engines_and_datasets"></span>Website/domain scanning engines and datasets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Website/domain scanning engines and datasets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Antivirus scanning engines used for URL scanning.<sup id="cite_ref-Files/URL_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Files/URL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>ADMINUSLabs (ADMINUSLABS)</li> <li>AegisLab WebGuard (AegisLab)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexa_Internet" title="Alexa Internet">Alexa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon</a>)</li> <li>AlienVault (AlienVault)</li> <li>Antiy-AVL (Antiy Labs)</li> <li>AutoShun (RiskAnalytics)</li> <li>Avira Checkurl (<a href="/wiki/Avira" title="Avira">Avira</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baidu" title="Baidu">Baidu</a> (Baidu-International)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BitDefender" class="mw-redirect" title="BitDefender">BitDefender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CRDF" class="mw-redirect" title="CRDF">CRDF</a> (CRDF FRANCE)</li> <li>C-SIRT (Cyscon SIRT)</li> <li>CLEAN MX</li> <li>Comodo Site Inspector (<a href="/wiki/Comodo_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Comodo Group">Comodo Group</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CyberCrime" class="mw-redirect" title="CyberCrime">CyberCrime</a> (<a href="/wiki/Xylitol" title="Xylitol">Xylitol</a>)</li> <li>Dr.Web Link Scanner (<a href="/wiki/Dr.Web" title="Dr.Web">Dr.Web</a>)</li> <li>Emsisoft (Emsi Software GmbH)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESET" title="ESET">ESET</a></li> <li>FortiGuard Web Filtering (<a href="/wiki/Fortinet" title="Fortinet">Fortinet</a>)</li> <li>G Data</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Google_Safe_Browsing" title="Google Safe Browsing">Google Safe Browsing</a> (<a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>)</li> <li>Kaspersky URL advisor (<a href="/wiki/Kaspersky_Lab" title="Kaspersky Lab">Kaspersky Lab</a>)</li> <li>Malc0de Database (Malc0de)</li> <li>Malekal (Malekal's MalwareDB)</li> <li>Malwarebytes hpHosts (<a href="/wiki/Malwarebytes" title="Malwarebytes">Malwarebytes</a>)</li> <li>Malwared (Malwared.malwaremustdie.org)</li> <li>Malware Domain Blocklist (DNS-BH - Malware Domain Blocklist)</li> <li>Malware Domain List (Malware Domain List)</li> <li>MalwarePatrol (MalwarePatrol)</li> <li>Malwares.com (Saint Security)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netcraft" title="Netcraft">Netcraft</a></li> <li>Opera</li> <li>Palevo Tracker (Abuse.ch)</li> <li>ParetoLogic URL Clearing House (ParetoLogic)</li> <li>PhishFort</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phishtank" class="mw-redirect" title="Phishtank">Phishtank</a> (<a href="/wiki/OpenDNS" title="OpenDNS">OpenDNS</a>)</li> <li>Quttera (Quttera Ltd.)</li> <li>SCUMWARE (Scumware.org)</li> <li>SecureBrain (SecureBrain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophos" title="Sophos">Sophos</a></li> <li>SpyEye Tracker (Abuse.ch)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/StopBadware" title="StopBadware">StopBadware</a> (<a href="/wiki/StopBadware" title="StopBadware">StopBadware</a>)</li> <li>Sucuri SiteCheck (<a href="/wiki/Sucuri" class="mw-redirect" title="Sucuri">Sucuri</a>)</li> <li>ThreatHive (The Malwarelab)</li> <li>Trend Micro Site Safety Center (<a href="/wiki/Trend_Micro" title="Trend Micro">Trend Micro</a>)</li> <li>urlQuery (urlQuery.net)</li> <li>VX Vault</li> <li>Websense ThreatSeeker (<a href="/wiki/Websense" class="mw-redirect" title="Websense">Websense</a>)</li> <li>Webutation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wepawet" class="mw-redirect" title="Wepawet">Wepawet</a> (iseclab.org)</li> <li>Yandex Safe Browsing (<a href="/wiki/Yandex" title="Yandex">Yandex</a>)</li> <li>ZCloudsec (Zcloudsec)</li> <li>ZDB Zeus</li> <li>ZeuS Tracker (Abuse.ch)</li> <li>Zvelo</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="File_characterization_tools_&_datasets"><span id="File_characterization_tools_.26_datasets"></span>File characterization tools & datasets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: File characterization tools & datasets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Utilities used to provide additional info on uploaded files.<sup id="cite_ref-Files/URL_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Files/URL-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>Androguard (Anthony Desnos)</li> <li>Cuckoo Sandbox (Claudio Guarnieri)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ExifTool" title="ExifTool">ExifTool</a> (Phil Harvey)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/File_(command)" title="File (command)">Magic descriptor</a> (Linux)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Software_Reference_Library" title="National Software Reference Library">NSRL</a> information (NIST's National Software Reference Library)</li> <li>PDFiD (Didier Stevens)</li> <li>pefile (Ero Carrera)</li> <li>PEiD (Jibz)</li> <li>Sigcheck (Mark Russinovich)</li> <li>Snort (Sourcefire)</li> <li>ssdeep (Jesse Kornblum)</li> <li>Suricata (Open Information Security Foundation)</li> <li>Taggant packer information tool (ReversingLabs)</li> <li>TrID (Marco Pontello)</li> <li>UEFI Firmware parser (Teddy Reed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wireshark" title="Wireshark">Wireshark</a> (Wireshark Foundation)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zemana_(company)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zemana (company) (page does not exist)">Zemana</a> behaviour (Zemana)</li> <li>CarbonBlack (CarbonBlack)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Privacy">Privacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=VirusTotal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Privacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Files uploaded to VirusTotal may be shared freely with anti-malware companies and will also be retained in a store. The VirusTotal <i>About Page</i> states under <i>VirusTotal and confidentiality</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>Files and URLs sent to VirusTotal will be shared with antivirus vendors and security companies so as to help them in improving their services and products. We do this because we believe it will eventually lead to a safer Internet and better end-user protection. By default any file/URL submitted to VirusTotal which is detected by at least one scanner is freely sent to all those scanners that do not detect the resource. 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