Open Source VirusTotal AlternativesAnti-Virus & Anti-Malware Apps similar to 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 seven of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to VirusTotal are Download Virus Checker, Malice, Security Plus and PolySwarm.

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Cuckoo Sandbox
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Malware App
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Android
27 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives
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...
- - Cuckoo Sandbox is the most popular Android & Mac alternative to VirusTotal.
- - Cuckoo Sandbox is the most popular Open Source alternative to VirusTotal.
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Cuckoo Sandbox Features
1. Command line interfaceCuckoo Sandbox either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. Malware AnalysisCuckoo Sandbox can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.
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Download Virus Checker
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Mac
Windows
Linux
Google Chrome
Opera
Firefox
30 Download Virus Checker alternatives
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.
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Download Virus Checker Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsDownload Virus Checker can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Browser extension
Security focused
Integrated Virus scanner
Opera extension
Multi Engine
Malice
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Anti-Malware App
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
Docker
34 Malice alternatives
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.
- - Malice is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to VirusTotal.
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Malice Features
Python-based
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Security Plus
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Safari
Opera
Chromium
Firefox
8 Security Plus alternatives
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.
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Security Plus Features
Browser extension
PolySwarm
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Paid • Open Source
Anti-Virus App
Software as a Service (SaaS)
26 PolySwarm alternatives
PolySwarm is a more effective way to detect, analyze and respond to the latest malware threats. Polyswarm is a launchpad for innovative threat detection methods. Antivirus companies and specialized engines compete with each other to detect threats.
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MalShare
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Malware App
Online
9 MalShare alternatives
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.
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MalShare Features
1. Malware AnalysisMalShare can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.
2. Real time collaborationMultiple users can work together in MalShare simultaneously.
Qu1cksOpe
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Free • Open Source
Anti-Malware App
Linux
Python
27 Qu1cksOpe alternatives
All-in-One malware analysis tool for analyze many file types, from Windows binaries to E-Mail files.
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Qu1cksOpe Features
1. Malware AnalysisQu1cksOpe can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.