Topic: Virustotal.com

[bobbintb]

didnt see any posts about this. may be old news for some of you but ive been using it a while and for an IT guy its very handy.

[Samker]

Thanks very useful. 

http://www.virustotal.com/

Few additional info. about this service:

VirusTotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.

Specs:

    * Free, independent service
    * Use of multiple antivirus engines
    * Real-time automatic updates of virus signatures
    * Detailed results from each antivirus engine
    * Real time global statistics


VirusTotal is a service developed by Hispasec Sistemas, an independent IT Security laboratory, that uses several command line versions of antivirus engines, updated regularly with official signature files published by their respective developers.

This is a list of the companies that participate in VirusTotal with their antivirus engines.

    * AhnLab (V3)
    * Antiy Labs (Antiy-AVL)
    * Aladdin (eSafe)
    * ALWIL (Avast! Antivirus)
    * Authentium (Command Antivirus)
    * AVG Technologies (AVG)
    * Avira (AntiVir)
    * Cat Computer Services (Quick Heal)
    * ClamAV (ClamAV)
    * Comodo (Comodo)
    * CA Inc. (Vet)
    * Doctor Web, Ltd. (DrWeb)
    * Emsi Software GmbH (a-squared)
    * Eset Software (ESET NOD32)
    * Fortinet (Fortinet)
    * FRISK Software (F-Prot)
    * F-Secure (F-Secure)
    * G DATA Software (GData)
    * Hacksoft (The Hacker)
    * Hauri (ViRobot)
    * Ikarus Software (Ikarus)
    * INCA Internet (nProtect)
    * K7 Computing (K7AntiVirus)
    * Kaspersky Lab (AVP)
    * McAfee (VirusScan)
    * Microsoft (Malware Protection)
    * Norman (Norman Antivirus)
    * Panda Security (Panda Platinum)
    * PC Tools (PCTools)
    * Prevx (Prevx1)
    * Rising Antivirus (Rising)
    * Secure Computing (SecureWeb)
    * BitDefender GmbH (BitDefender)
    * Sophos (SAV)
    * Sunbelt Software (Antivirus)
    * Symantec (Norton Antivirus)
    * VirusBlokAda (VBA32)
    * Trend Micro (TrendMicro)
    * VirusBuster (VirusBuster)

Tools

    * PEiD (PEiD)
    * pefile (pefile)
    * TrID (Marco Pontello)
    * PDFiD (Didier Stevens)

http://www.virustotal.com/

[redjge]

It's very useful usually nowadays where any suspected virus or malware file can be submitted for testing.

we were once infected with a malware that mcafee was not able to detect. i test the suspicious file and it was found to be a trojan.

[janissary]

You can use VirusTotal Uploader too. Great tool for right click.

http://www.virustotal.com/metodos.html