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Virustotal

Published August 20, 2005 · Computers , Security , Viruses

No, virustotal is not the name of the latest greatest bug circulating. It's the name of a website that gives you the opportunity to submit a suspicious file and let them scan with multiple virus engi…

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Avery J. Parker

IT veteran, maker educator, and author of Network Ninja, 3D Printing Mastery, and AI Workflow Mastery. Business IT: Diversified Tech Solutions.

No, virustotal is not the name of the latest greatest bug circulating. It's the name of a website that gives you the opportunity to submit a suspicious file and let them scan with multiple virus engines. Then, they send an email telling what it is detected as (if at all) by several vendors. It's a good and handy site and I'll be adding it to the links on the page.