Add VirusTotal to Your IT Security Toolbox!
December 17, 2021

Add VirusTotal to Your IT Security Toolbox!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with VirusTotal

I have been casually using and suggesting VirusTotal for years but my company [has] now formally [started to] integrate it into our anti-phishing software which utilizes the VirusTotal API to scan potentially malicious links and attachments.
  • Provides high confidence scan results by utilizing a large number of resources in their network.
  • It's easy for non-technical users!
  • Their API functionality made it easy to integrate with our anti-phishing system.
  • I'm not sure VirusTotal can improve this themselves but just keeping up with the evolving "known" threat landscape is tough so even though VirusTotal is very good, nothing is 100% effective in this space.
  • The API functionality is a key part of our e-mail hygiene system.
  • VirusTotal's multiple scan engines provides more trustworthy results over a single source scan.
  • Teaching users to use VirusTotal allows for some self service and quicker turnaround for users with questions about whether links or files are "safe".
  • The API integration with our anti-phishing system provides an extra degree of confidence in results vs. a single detection engine technology.
I'm not sure there's another product quite like VirusTotal. They seem fairly unique in their space. I have tried urlscan.io and I'm aware of Jotti but keep coming back to VirusTotal.

Do you think VirusTotal delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with VirusTotal's feature set?

Yes

Did VirusTotal live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of VirusTotal go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy VirusTotal again?

Yes

Our company's IT Security Policy and Security Awareness Training specifically references VirusTotal as a very good "self-service" tool for checking to see if an attachment or URL is safe to open or visit.