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. Please note that some of them only detect but do not disinfect.

• http://www.bitdefender.com
• http://housecall.trendmicro.com
• http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/ (requires free registration to disinfect)
• http://cainternetsecurity.net/entscanner/
• http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/ax/?scan=1
• http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/
• http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner (does not disinfect)
• http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/vc_scan.asp (does not disinfect)
• http://www.commandondemand.com/eval/cod/ (does not disinfect)
• http://home.mcafee.com/Downloads/FreeScan.aspx (does not disinfect)

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.

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://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.

Miscellaneous

• Malicious code detection (PDF/Javascript/Flash): http://wepawet.iseclab.org/
• Norman Sandbox: http://www.norman.com/microsites/nsic/Submit/en (reports the behaviour of a Windows executable run inside a virtual machine).
• Bitzi : http://bitzi.com/ (Collaborative file identification)