Don’t want to install an anti-virus to control your PC speed? Want to check a suspected file with another tool? What will be your need, now you can check any individual file online.

VirusTotal help you to scan individual file on web, all you need to upload that file. So it’s clear that it won’t scan your machine directly that’s made it much secure process. Earlier I use similar service for test which scan your PC for viruses, usually they show false report or put malicious content and force you to buy specific anti-virus or security suite.

VirusTotal also help you to check any file on cross platform environment. The most significant and important thing is, it scan your file with 39 different anti-virus engine. Do you ever going to install that much anti-virus in your machine? I hope not.

Here is a small description taken from official site:

VirusTotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.

Specs:

• Free, independent service
• Use of multiple antivirus engines
• Real-time automatic updates of virus signatures
• Detailed results from each antivirus engine
• Real time global statistics