Online tools

These tools can help you investigate websites and make your opinion before rating a site.

Free online single file scanning

• http://virustotal.com (40 different antiviruses)
• http://virscan.org (max file size 10 Mo, 37 different antiviruses)
• http://scanner.virus.org (max file size 5 Mo, 23 different antiviruses)
• http://virusscan.jotti.org (max file size 10 Mo, 20 different antiviruses)
• http://viruschief.com (10 different antiviruses)
• http://filterbit.com (9 different antiviruses)

Free online folder/computer scanning

Most of these antiviruses only work under Windows in Internet Explorer.

• a-squared : http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/ax/?scan=1
• BitDefender : http://www.bitdefender.com
• Computer Associates : http://cainternetsecurity.net/entscanner/
• eSet (NOD32) : http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/
• F-Secure: http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/security-lab/tools-and-services/online-scanner/index.html (IE only)
• Microsoft OneCare : http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm
• TrendMicro : http://housecall.trendmicro.com

(requires free registration to disinfect)

• Panda : http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/

(Detect but does not disinfect)

• Command on demand : http://www.commandondemand.com/eval/cod/
• Kaspersky : http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
• McAfee : http://home.mcafee.com/Downloads/FreeScan.aspx
• Symantec/Norton : http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/vc_scan.asp

MX tools

Check if IP or domain is blacklisted as a source for Spam

• http://www.mxtoolbox.com/ : Check each MX record (IP Address) against 147 DNS based blacklists.

Reputation tools

These tools can help evaluate the reputation of websites. Some are based on user reports, corporate/organisation reports or automated tools (links checkers, antiviruses, sandboxes...)

• MalwareUrl : http://www.malwareurl.com
• AVG LinkScanner : http://linkscanner.explabs.com/linkscanner/avg/
• Unmask Parasites : http://unmaskparasites.com/
• McAfee TrustedSource : http://www.trustedsource.org/en/tools
• McAfee SiteAdvisor : http://www.siteadvisor.com/
• SpamCop Blocking List: http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml
• hpHosts : http://hosts-file.net/
• SURBL : http://george.surbl.org/lookup.html
• PhishTank : http://www.phishtank.com/
• MalwareDomainList : http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/mdl.php
• MalwarePatrol : http://www.malwarepatrol.net/lists.shtml
• Norton SafeWeb : http://safeweb.norton.com/

Network tools

• http://clez.net/net/ : Free complete network tools for online research.
• http://whois.domaintools.com/ : Whois lookup and Domain name search.
• http://ping.eu : online ping/whois/traceroute/port check/reverse lookup/...
• http://www.geoiptool.com/ : Free online geolocation (from server name or IP)
• http://ipinfodb.com/ : Free online geolocation (from server name or IP)
• http://www.robtex.com/ : Swiss army knife internet tool. Check: RBL, DNS, IP, C-net, whois, Route, AS info, and more.
• http://untiny.me/ : Get real url from shortened URLs like tinyurl.com (and other) without actually following the link
• http://www.just-traceroute.com/ : Traceroute from 4 different locations.

List of Noteworthy Internet Explorer addons

• IE7Pro : http://www.ie7pro.com/
• KeyScrambler : http://www.qfxsoftware.com/Download.htm

Find more at http://www.ieaddons.com/en/

List of Noteworthy Firefox addons

• NoScript : http://noscript.net/
• Adblock Plus : http://adblockplus.org/
• Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out : http://taco.dubfire.net/
• BetterPrivacy : http://netticat.ath.cx/BetterPrivacy/BetterPrivacy.htm
• Ghostery : http://www.ghostery.com/
• URL Fixer : http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/url-fixer/
• KeyScrambler : http://www.qfxsoftware.com/Download.htm

Find more at https://addons.mozilla.org/

Miscellaneous

• Malicious code detection (PDF/Javascript/Flash): http://wepawet.iseclab.org/
• Anubis : http://anubis.iseclab.org/ (reports the behaviour of a Windows executables and activites in Internet Explorer)
• Norman Sandbox : http://www.norman.com/microsites/nsic/Submit/en (reports the behaviour of a Windows executable run inside a virtual machine).
• Sandboxie : http://www.sandboxie.com/ (reports the behaviour of a Windows executable run inside a sandbox)
• Bitzi : http://bitzi.com/ (Collaborative file identification)
• FlagFox addon for Firefox : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/5791 (shows server country, geolocation, whois)
• Spamavert.com : http://spamavert.com/ (obtain spam from this small inbox)
• Tor : http://www.torproject.org/ (surf with more privacy)
• VB100% : http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index (keep updated on which antiviruses are passing the latest malware tests)
• Pop-up Test : http://www.popuptest.com/ (tests your pop-up blocker)
• PC Flank Security Tests : http://www.pcflank.com/index.htm (scans for possible exploits you are leaving behind you)
• Secunia OSI : http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/ (scans for outdated software that is vulnerable to exploit codes, etc.)
• SystemLookup : http://www.systemlookup.com/ (search engine for CLSIDs, services and etc. listing them as either legitimate or malicious)