Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

Scanning the malware with VirusTotal

VirusTotal is a website where you can upload suspicious files for analysis. It uses a multitude of various virus scanners, so if one scanner misses something, another is likely to find it. Here are the results of scanning the Your File Is Ready To Download_2285169994.exe file:

Here, we can see that different virus scanners classify this file in different ways. But whether it's classified as Win.Malware.Installcore, Trojan.InstallCore, or whatever else, it's still bad.

As good as VirusTotal is, you'll want to use it with caution. Don't upload any files that contain sensitive or confidential information, ...