The Best Open Source VirusTotal AlternativesTop Anti-Virus & Anti-Malware Apps like VirusTotal

The best open source alternative to VirusTotal is Cuckoo Sandbox. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to VirusTotal and 12 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to VirusTotal are Hypatia (by MaintainTeam), zipbomb, Qu1cksc0pe and urlquery.

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  1. Cuckoo Sandbox icon

    Cuckoo Sandbox

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    Cuckoo Sandbox is a modular, automated malware analysis system. Running from command-line on a Linux or Mac host, it uses python and virtualization (VirtualBox, QEMU-KVM, etc) to create an isolated Windows guest environment to safely and automatically run and analyze files to...

    32 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
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    • Cuckoo Sandbox is the most popular Android & Mac alternative to VirusTotal.

    • Cuckoo Sandbox is the most popular Open Source alternative to VirusTotal.

    • Cuckoo Sandbox is Free and Open SourceVirusTotal is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. Hypatia (by MaintainTeam) icon

    Hypatia (by MaintainTeam)

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    This is a fork of the original (and discontinued) app, which is still looking for maintainers. Please consider to apply to keep this app maintained !

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  4. zipbomb icon

    zipbomb

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    Upload any file and we'll try to figure out if it's a zipbomb/zipbomb detector & archive

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. urlquery icon

    urlquery

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    urlquery.net is like a lie detector test for the internet. We ask those sneaky URLs some tough questions and see if they're telling the truth or pulling a digital prank.

    13 urlquery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Malice icon

    Malice

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    Malice's mission is to be a free open source version of VirusTotal that anyone can use at any scale from an independent researcher to a fortune 500 company.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  9. Download Virus Checker icon

    Download Virus Checker

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    Download Virus Checker provides automatic check for all your downloads through 68 online anti-virus solutions. Basically the extension sends your download link to VirusTotal service and wait for its response.

    33 Download Virus Checker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox
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  10. CAPE icon

    CAPE

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    CAPE is a malware sandbox. It was derived from Cuckoo with the goal of adding automated malware unpacking and config extraction.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
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  11. Security Plus icon

    Security Plus

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    Security Plus is a browser extension powered by VirusTotal's API, which provides free checking of URLs for viruses. It uses up to 64 different antivirus products/scan engines to check for viruses that the user's own antivirus solution may have missed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Opera
    • Chromium
    • Firefox
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  12. MalShare icon

    MalShare

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    The MalShare Project is a community driven public malware repository that works to provide free access to malware samples and tooling to the infomation security community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. ThreatCheck icon

    ThreatCheck

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    A malware-analysis tool that identify the exact position and details of malicious content in binary files using external Anti-Virus scanners. Supports all AV scanners.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. Lenspect icon

    Lenspect

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    A lightweight security threat scanner intended to make malware detection more accessible and efficient.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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