Scan Files For Virus With 41 Different Antivirus Software Instantly

Viruses are the most common problems with computers. One way to secure your PC is to install a good Antivirus solution. We have already presented our handpicked list of Four Best Free Antivirus Software for Windows.

While having an Antivirus installed on your system helps you to know if a file is infected with virus, sometimes you may want to double check the finding with other Antivirus software. VirusTotal is a free online service which lets you analyze a file by scanning it for viruses with 41 different Antivirus software, including popular ones such as AVG, Avira, Comodo, K7, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, Panda Security, PC Tools, BitDefender, Symantec etc.

You can upload to VirusTotal and let it scan your file for viruses. Or you can download VirusTotal Uploader which lets you send a file from right-click context menu right from your desktop. VirusTotal checks for virus definitions using 41 popular Antivirus engines thus increasing the detection rate.

VirusTotal Uploader does not re-upload already scanned files unless you specify it to do so. Since it takes a hash(finger print) of every file scanned, you can get back the scan results of your previous scan the next time you scan the same file. You can then choose to re-upload the file for a newer scan if you want to. You can also get your scan results online on VirusTotal site any time if you know the hash of the file.