Malware submission
Submit a suspicious file for evaluation or submit a file that is safe but identified as Malware (FP / False Positive).
Contents
- 1 Email submissions
- 2 Authentium
- 3 Avast!
- 4 AVG
- 5 Avira AntiVir
- 6 BitDefender
- 7 CA Antivirus / eTrust-Vet
- 8 ClamAV
- 9 Comodo
- 10 DrWeb
- 11 Emisoft
- 12 ESET | NOD32
- 13 F-Prot
- 14 F-Secure
- 15 Fortinet / FortiGuard
- 16 Lavasoft / Ad-Aware
- 17 McAfee
- 18 Microsoft Malware Protection Center
- 19 Norman
- 20 PCTools
- 21 Quick Heal
- 22 Sophos
- 23 SUPERAntiSpyware
- 24 Symantec
- 25 TrendMicro
- 26 Webroot
Email submissions
- Email list for multiple AV vendors and online AV scanners - AV-Comparatives Forum
Authentium
- Submit virus sample (email or FTP) - http://www.authentium.com/mainv2/submitsample.htm
Avast!
- How can I submit a new virus to Avast!? - Knowledgebase article
AVG
- How To Handle Infection Suspicion? - Official forums topic
- Put the file into password-protected archive and email the archive to virus@avg.com with a brief description as well as the password you used to archive it with.
Avira AntiVir
- Submit your sample - http://analysis.avira.com/samples/
BitDefender
- Virus Submission, how to submit viruses or samples to us - Forum topic
CA Antivirus / eTrust-Vet
- CA Global Security Advisor - http://www.ca.com/us/global-security-advisor.aspx
- Submit malware - http://www.totaldefense.com/support/submit-a-malware-sample.aspx
ClamAV
- Submit suspicious file or false positive (clean but detected) - http://cgi.clamav.net/sendvirus.cgi
Comodo
- Submit suspicious file or false positive - http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/submit.php
DrWeb
- Submit suspicious file or false positive - https://vms.drweb.com/sendvirus/
Emisoft
- Submit samples - http://support.emsisoft.com/forum/57-malware-submissions/
- requires forum registration
ESET | NOD32
- Virus Sample Submit System - http://samples.nod32.com.sg/
F-Prot
- Submission form for suspicious file(s) - http://www.f-prot.com/virusinfo/submission_form.html
- Submission form for reporting a false positive - http://www.f-prot.com/virusinfo/false_positive_form.html
F-Secure
- Submit Samples - http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/submit-samples/
Fortinet / FortiGuard
- Submit a sample - http://www.fortiguard.com/antivirus/submit.html
Lavasoft / Ad-Aware
- Upload Malware Samples - http://www.lavasoft.com/support/securitycenter/file_upload.php
McAfee
- How to Submit Samples to McAfee Labs - http://vil.nai.com/vil/submit-sample.aspx
Microsoft Malware Protection Center
- Submit a sample - https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Submission/Submit.aspx
Norman
- Submit file for SandBox analysis - http://www.norman.com/security_center/security_tools/submit_file/
PCTools
- Submit Spyware [Malware] samples - http://www.pctools.com/mrc/submit/
Quick Heal
- Submit sample - http://www.quickheal.co.in/submit_sample.asp
- Submit false positive - http://www.quickheal.co.in/submit_fp.asp
Sophos
- Sample submission form - https://secure.sophos.com/support/samples
SUPERAntiSpyware
- SUPERSampleSubmit - Submit Samples (software utility) - http://www.superantispyware.com/downloads/SUPERSampleSubmit.exe
Symantec
- Submit Virus Samples - http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/submitsamples.jsp
TrendMicro
- Submission Wizard - http://subwiz.trendmicro.com/SubWiz/Default.asp
Webroot
- Sample submission is only available to Webroot product users - Ask a question