VirusTotal, is a product of Google Inc. It is a free online service that analyzes files as well as URLs enabling the identification of viruses, worms, Trojans as well as all other kinds of malicious content detected by antivirus programs and other type of scanners.
Also, VirusTotal may be used to detect false positives, i.e. innocuous resources which are detected as malicious by one or more scanners. VirusTotal’s mission is to help in improving the antivirus, anti-malware as well as security industry and make the internet a safer place for the development services.
VirusTotal's main characteristics are highlighted below »
It is a free unbiased service.
It is a real time global service
It runs multiple antivirus engines.
It also runs Website scanners.
It also features multiple file and URL characterization tools.
It has a real-time updates of virus signatures as well as blacklists.
It gives a detailed results from each scanner.
VirusTotal is also having its own Online malware research community
It also provides Desktop applications for interacting with the service
Visit Virustotal wesite » http://www.VirusTotal.com
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