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Offline polonus

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Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« on: June 15, 2005, 09:21:32 AM »
Hi forum members,

Through this forum people often get the advice to get a second opinion at the multiscanner jotti. But there is also this link: htttp://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.htm. Is this an addition?

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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2005, 09:45:46 AM »
Polonus, this link takes me to Temasek Polytechnic.  ???  ???

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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2005, 09:58:25 AM »
Virustotal is often suggested by various members. But read first what Vlk thinks about them, and then decide for yourself  :-\: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=13705.0
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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2005, 01:54:16 PM »
Hi Spyros,

Maybe good the link did not work. But I put it there to get a reaction and get wiser.
Thanks for the reaction. Everyday one learns, and that goes on I think until one dies.

Have a very nice day,

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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2005, 04:32:22 PM »
I like these sites to check if some result could be or not a false positive...
The Virus Total have the advantage to run in a windows server instead of a linux like Jotti...
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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2005, 07:42:40 PM »
Hi VaMPiRiC_CRoW,

If you were giving the choice between such  on line-scans. What would you prefer ActiveX or a Flash application, and why? I think second, but I do not know? Anybody has a view on this. Our Vlk says that the owner of virustotal is a malware collectioner, and that gives him second thoughts.  When you have a zoo with wild animals, you would not set them loose at night, would you? I know there are virus factories in Bulgaria & to a lesser extent in Russia. They also exist in other places, I know about Brazil for instance ? (only of hearsay!)

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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2005, 08:55:31 PM »
polonus,

Vlk knows if the owner of Virus Total send the samples to the AV companies?

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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2005, 12:24:23 AM »
Quote from: VaMPiRiC_CRoW on June 15, 2005, 08:55:31 PM
Vlk knows if the owner of Virus Total send the samples to the AV companies?
What about asking directly to him?  ;)
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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2005, 01:04:49 AM »
Quote from: Tech on June 16, 2005, 12:24:23 AM
Quote from: VaMPiRiC_CRoW on June 15, 2005, 08:55:31 PM
Vlk knows if the owner of Virus Total send the samples to the AV companies?
What about asking directly to him? ;)
Done... :P
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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2005, 12:21:04 PM »
Quote from: polonus on June 15, 2005, 07:42:40 PM
I know there are virus factories in Bulgaria & to a lesser extent in Russia. They also exist in other places, I know about Brazil for instance ? (only of hearsay!)
I don't know about virus facories  ::) Besides from that most of the big outbreaks come from Germany or Asia :)
And even if there are many viruses from Russia, we got the best cleaners in-house too ;)
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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2005, 07:23:44 PM »
Yes they do provide the AV companies with all the samples harvested... but anyway, they keep them for theirselves as well, of course...
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Re: Both Jotti and Virustotal scan?
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2005, 09:38:25 PM »
Quote from: Vlk on June 16, 2005, 07:23:44 PM
Yes they do provide the AV companies with all the samples harvested... but anyway, they keep them for theirselves as well, of course...
What is the problem to keep the samples if they sent them to the AV companies?

Exists collectors of stamps and others things, why not malware... :)
It they use them badly...
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