Scan Files Online for Free with 37 Antivirus Programs
Most users will only install one antivirus software for their computers. While some believe that only to commercial antivirus vendors they can trust their data safety, some are convinced that free antivirus application has already provided sufficient protection for their data from malware attacks.
The main problem may come when some of you receive a suspicious file and for some reason you cannot rely on the scanning result of the file reported by your installed antivirus alone. You need to check the file with other antivirus programs to ensure that it doesn’t contain any harmful stuff like trojan, worm, virus and the likes.
To gain access to more antiviruses, you can uninstall your current antivirus software and replace it temporary with others. If you plan to scan the file with at least 5 antivirus programs, then you need to go through the install and uninstallation process 5 times. What a time waste.
Another possible solution is to open the file using your friend’s computer with different antivirus program installed. It means you’ll have to find three of your friends that each other has different antivirus application installed. Again, it is a time waste.
The most efficient way to solve your need of multiple antivirus scannings is perhaps to scan files online by visiting VirSCAN. This is a free online virus scanner service that provides 37 antivirus engines from popular vendors like Kaspersky, BitDefender, McAfee and many others.
How to scan files online with VirSCAN:
- Visit the site.
- Browse and select the file that you need to scan.
- Make sure that it doesn’t exceed the allowed size 20MB and upload it.
- Done.
You will get a detailed report after all of the antivirus engines used finishes their scannings. Check if there is any of the antivirus listed mark your file as infected.
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:03 pm
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