VirusTotal Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to VirusTotal for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is MetaDefender, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to VirusTotal and 12 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to VirusTotal are Cuckoo Sandbox, Winja, pestudio and TRAPMINE Endpoint Security.

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VirusTotal alternatives are mainly Anti-Virus Apps, but if you're looking for Anti-Malware Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Open Source, Online + Free and Self-Hosted. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to VirusTotal.
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  1. MetaDefender icon
     94 likes

    MetaDefender Cloud helps organizations build a long-term strategy and processes for critical infrastructure protection, providing the tools to prevent not only cyberattacks but also the correlated consequences.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
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  2. Cuckoo Sandbox icon
     26 likes

    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...

    35 Cuckoo Sandbox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
  3. pestudio icon
     7 likes

    pestudio implements a rich set of features that is especially designed to retrieve every single detail of any executable file. Results are checked against the Microsoft specification. Additionally, the content of the file being analyzed is checked against several white and black...

    16 pestudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  4. TRAPMINE Platform combines proven technologies such as machine learning, behavior monitoring and exploit prevention techniques in a single agent to provide fool-proof defense against exploit attempts, file-less malware, ransomware and other forms of targeted attacks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Malice icon
     2 likes

    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

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  7. CatchPulse  icon
     5 likes

    CatchPulse is a free solution that protects you from malware & viruses, 100% of the time. You get powerful application whitelisting, 10+ anti-viruses in the cloud with UAV, and a reliable offline AV combined.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  8. Security Plus icon
     5 likes

    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
     
  9. LOARIS icon
     2 likes

    Loaris offers a superb malware removal solution to deal with various contemporary forms of cyber threats in cases when available anti-virus applications aren't effective in identifying or deleting them.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. PPEE (puppy) icon
     2 likes

    Professional PE file Explorer for reversers, malware researchers and those who want to statically inspect PE files in more details.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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