Online Virus Scanners
Suppose that you have downloaded a file but you suspect that it may be infected with a virus, but you don’t want to install an antivirus that could possibly bog down your system, as in most cases. What do you do? You use a Online Virus Scanner. There are many free services that allow you to scan your files online for viruses. The most popular of them are:
1. Avast! Online Scanner
This service scans your file using the avast! scanner. Again very fast, but not very effective with a lower detection rate. This one has a 512 KB file size limit.
2. Virus Total
It is the best online virus scanner. You just need to upload your file and it will do the rest. It scans the file using 37 popular antivirus engines to minimize detection errors.
3. Jotti’s Virus Scanner
This is another nice service which allows you to scan your files for viruses online. It scans your uploaded files with 20 antivirus engines. Fast and sweet.
4. Virus Chief
This service scans your files with 10 antivirus engines. Not as effective as the above two but still worth amention.
5. Kapersky File Scanner
This service scans your files using the Kapersky Scanner. Faster than all of the above, but a relatively lower detection rate as only one antivirus engine is used to scan the files. It also has a 1 MB file size limit.
6. McAfee FreeScan
A web based virus scanner that incorporates the award-winning McAfee Scan Engine. McAfee FreeScanwill scan your computer for infected files and display details and information list of virus detected. ( Work on IE5 above and Use Active X component )
7. Kaspersky Online Virus Scanner
Kaspersky Antivirus has gained popularity due to its exceptionally high virus detection rates and protection. Currently Kaspersky Antivirus is the Best Available Antivirus Protection in the Market. Kaspersky Provides a FreeOnline Virus Scanner too. The Kaspersky Online Virus Scanner will help you to scan your complete PC for Viruses. There don’t even arise the need to uninstall the antivirus you use now on your system. It comes with Hourly Updates, One click Installation, Very high detection rates, heuristics analysis etc.
8.Panda Antivirus ActiveScan 2.0
Panda ActiveScan 2.0 is a new online scanner based on Collective Intelligence (scanning in-the-cloud) that make use of the latest virus definition files online. It have good detection rates. You need to have ActiveX controls enabled in your browser in order to run Panda ActiveScan 2.0 in your web browser
