Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Online Virus Scanners

If you are stuck in an Internet cafe and want to send your aunt some funny pictures of you and your girlfriend but find that the cafe has dubious anti-virus software guarding their computers, you might want to check these sites out:

http://virusscan.jotti.org/
http://www.virustotal.com/

The first link scans whatever file you send it with a bevy of anti-virus software that include AVG, A-Squared, Kaspersky, and NOD32.

I am not familiar with the sites thought and do not have knowledge about how often do they update or if their security measures are substantial so I would not suggest letting the sites scan files with important data. Use them at your own risk.

They are useful in a pinch though.

Thanks to Lynx of the Emsisoft forums for sharing these.

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