Free online malware scanner (without plugins)

[plentonimus]

Have you ever felt insecure about a file you downloaded wether it contained a harm or not?
Get your file scanned by multiple Anti-Virus software products without installing any kind of software.

Just upload the file to:
VirusTotal - Free Online Virus and Malware Scan or
Online malware scan


You could also run the questionable file in a virtual machine like Virtualbox .

[Aurion]

Well,already aware of that VirusTotal thinggy,used to scan lots of files with it back then when I was grabbing Bot Crax off of underground forums,bad days...heh !!

[anon]

BitDefender also has an online virus scanning service for when you have a virus attack and can't trust your AV program anymore, as its components may be infected.

Sandboxie is also a good, less resource using option to test untrustworthy software without comprimising your system's security But there's some stuff it can't run, like drivers, hooks or MSIs.

[Logitech]

BitDefender also has an online virus scanning service for when you have a virus attack and can't trust your AV program anymore, as its components may be infected.

almost every anti virus company got a free online virus scan.

Sandboxie is also a good, less resource using option to test untrustworthy software without comprimising your system's security But there's some stuff it can't run, like drivers, hooks or MSIs.

You can use sandboxie for apps that you don't trust, but most of the time I use it to run programs twice that don't allow you to run it twice.

[anon]

almost every anti virus company got a free online virus scan.

Yes, that's true ^^
Here are some more:
Trend Micro HouseCall - Free Online Virus and Spyware Scan - Trend Micro USA
Free Virus Scan - Kaspersky Lab
Free ESET Online Antivirus Scanner
F-Secure Support pages: F-Secure Online Virus Scanner
Free online antivirus. Download ActiveScan 2.0 and clean your PC. Panda Security
avast! Online Scanner

You can use sandboxie for apps that you don't trust, but most of the time I use it to run programs twice that don't allow you to run it twice.

It's a nice way of circumventing this limitation when the program doesn't give you a way
I also use it for running apps I use often, but don't know what files and registry keys create and use, and have yet to find that out and decide whether I want to give it full system access or not.
As sandboxed programs can interact with other non-sandboxed programs and drivers, I do this with things like Motorola phone tools, Java app installers, etc...

[r0n]

sandbox > all xD

[anon]

I don't know, would rewrite that as VM > sandbox > all
Probably nothing beats being able to run a program with all privileges and let it do anything in what's supposed to be a full, independent PC.

But some apps can detect if they're being run under a VM nonetheless... that leaves us using a completely separate, different physical computer as the 100% safe option. Of course that's if you have enough money

[shoulder]

Yes, VM(ware) is the best one to try about everything.

But it also needs the most time to set it up.

[Logitech]

But to run Vmware smoothly you need to assign alot of ram before it runs fast/smooth.
So if you don't got many ram Sandboxie is a perfect solution or if you don't want to have a second OS installed on some kind of virtually disk.

[anon]

Yes, of course, it all depends in the situation
And I have always given VMWare 128MB of RAM and 4GB of disk space for all my virtual PCs, and they all ran smoothly. But that must be because I've mostly tested lightweight editions of XP and Linux (Xubuntu )

[shoulder]

Yeah, you're right with the RAM "problem".

I gave my VM XP 1536MB and it runs smoothly, but I'm sure not everyone has enough RAM to give 1536MB to a virtual OS.

[Logitech]

I most of the time run vmware on 756+ mb because I otherwise find it kinda running slow compared to my vista that is running on 2 gig.

[shoulder]

Linux LAMP Server + TF is even working with 128MB.

Once I ran Linux + TF (128MB), Linux + TF-B4rt (128MB) and WinXP (1536MB) at once.
Everything was working smoothly, but I think if I had loaded more than a few torrents the Linux OS would have become (very) slow.

[cDDDe]

I already knew the tools cited, but for those who do not know, is an excellent tip. I recommend.