Virus Total
Scan files, URLs, and domains against 70+ antivirus engines and threat intelligence feeds. Detect malware and phishing at scale.
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Run the open-source version on your own infrastructure.
What is Virus Total?
VirusTotal is a free malware file analysis tool used by security professionals and researchers.
How it works
How VirusTotal works — see the article below for details on this osint tools tool.
How to use it
- 1Open the VirusTotal tool, enter your input, and get your result instantly.
What it can do
- malware file analysis
Use cases
Assumptions and limitations
Assumptions
- source: https://github.com/VirusTotal
- license: Open source
- privacy: Opens an external demo
Limitations
- For authorized use only — use on systems you own or have explicit permission to test.
- External demo — opens a third-party website that you do not control.
- License status not stated — verify usage terms before commercial use.
- Relies on an external source (github.com); availability depends on that service.
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Understanding the result
Scan files, URLs, and domains against 70+ antivirus engines and threat intelligence feeds. Detect malware and phishing at scale.
Tool details
- Clearly flagged when a network request is needed.
- No account, no sign-up, and no tracking of your content.
- Powered by (MIT).
- Built with
- (https://github.com/VirusTotal)
- License
- MIT
- Runs locally
- No — requires a network request
- Verification
- Not yet verified
- Input
- Query
- Output
- Text
Built with https://github.com/VirusTotal. OpenToolVault provides the discovery and browser interface while crediting the original project maintainers.
- Built with
- License
- MIT
Open-source project
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References
- / — GitHub Repository
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