Online Virus Multi-Scanners
If your computer's antivirus software reports a virus in a program that you're sure isn't a virus, there is an easy way to confirm if it is infected or not. Two web sites can give you a second opinion by scanning your file with multiple antivirus programs and report back to you the results.
Jotti's Malware Scan and Virustotal are free services that let you upload a suspect file, and they will run it through multiple antivirus engines and report back to you. Just remember not to upload anything confidential or important because if it is infected, the file gets forwarded to antivirus companies for analysis of the virus.
Use common sense, if both sites report that most of the scanners report a virus, then it's probably infected. But if few or no other engines report a virus, it may be a false positive, and you should do some research just to make sure.
Jotti's Malware Scan and Virustotal are free services that let you upload a suspect file, and they will run it through multiple antivirus engines and report back to you. Just remember not to upload anything confidential or important because if it is infected, the file gets forwarded to antivirus companies for analysis of the virus.
Use common sense, if both sites report that most of the scanners report a virus, then it's probably infected. But if few or no other engines report a virus, it may be a false positive, and you should do some research just to make sure.
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