The thing with VirusTotal is that a number of files and URLs can be scanned by multiple antivirus tools and the report of each would be displayed. We do get a lot of critical findings like leaked emails and passwords through its connect with multiple security vendors makes it a very special security tool.

VirusTotal is our main source of file and URL analysis. The user interface is fantastic, the community is great, and the data is second to none that VirusTotal can provide.

VirusTotal is a good tool to scan malicious things as URL, documents, and files. With the help of this tool, you can scan any type of URL and check if this URL is flagged by any security vendor or not, and in this way it will help you to analyze the security-related issues within the URL. The best part of this product is it has a larger database that connects to all high-profile security tools and then provides their view on your query. So by using this tool, you can be assured that the malicious content you are scanning has been flagged by anyone else in the world right now or not. Apart from basic scanning, it will provide you with complete details about your scan result as the basic properties of a scan like the algorithm used on that URL or File, file type, file size and if it is URL then it will unwrap the URL. You can integrate VirusTotal with other security applications like Knowbe4's PhishER and take full advantage of this tool with that application. The integration is very easy and will take less than an hour to integrate properly. The use of this tool is very easy and you just need to copy and paste your URl=L or upload te file and it will start the scanning.