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  1. JK2447
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    Hi All,

    Bored in work so I thought I'd share this site with you. Upload a file and it will scan it with just about every AV on the market and tell you if any of them found a problem with it. Handy if you're creating packages or developing bespoke software and want to know how your estates AV will react. NOTE** Don't upload confidential files or anything with IP addresses in for your own piece of mind. You can test it with the eicar file for instance to demo it. If you're really bored create a text file and paste this into it, then delete the space at the end to test your clients AV :)

    X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

    Jim
     
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    Sorry, JK... I ain't clickin' a link to a site called Virus Total. :noway

    One of the best ways to avoid viruses is to avoid sites that are likely to get your PC virused. Infecting by file (which is what Virus Total purports to check for) is an ancient method.

    If, as you suggest, you're creating packages or bespoke apps, and you want to check to see how AV will handle it... why don't you just see how your AV will handle it? Plus, I don't know many people who create packages that are NOT confidential in nature. I seriously doubt most companies would trust uploading their app to some random site.

    Your heart is in the right place... but I'd recommend giving this a pass.
     
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    Fair dues Michael. What you've said is totally fine my mate, but I'd imagine it is a legit site seeing as it was a McAfee trainer who told me about it.
     
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    I've had trainers tell me to use all sorts of things I shouldn't use. They're human, just like everyone else.
     
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    Totally agree with Michael on this, anything we don't test internally the pen testers will. Repped.
     
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    Cheers, Jim :biggrin
     
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    Yeah fair enough guys but my thinking was if you have a file and your AV doesn't think its infected, you could try that site which gets almost all AV products to look at it. Probably not for business use yeah and I agree trainers are only human.
     
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    So we should do that for EVERY file that our AV doesn't think is infected? :blink

    There's another reason why I don't support sites like these: virus creators use them to see whether the viruses they create will be caught by the leading AV products out there. If you disbelieve, Google it up, my good friend! :biggrin

    I'm sure VT believe they're providing a good service. But they could be causing more harm than good.
     
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    No no of course not, but if theres a file, or exe or anything you want to prove has or hasn't got an infection, you might try this. An example would be an excel doc you believe your AV is picking up as a false positive perhaps, and you'd like to know what another suppliers AV software would think of it.
     
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    True, so it does have some use. Still, would you trust the file, even if other AV software says it's OK? I'd still be wary... but then again, I'm probably overcautious.
     
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    I suppose I would if it had the once over from multiple AV products but then again there's nothing wrong with being overcautious or going with your gut feeling about something. I agree, especially in this day and age.
     
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