Google’s VirusTotal Uploader Lands On Mac OS X
by Brent Dirks
May 26, 2014
If you’re looking to beef up security on your Mac, Google’s VirusTotal has just released an interesting, and free, tool for OS X machines.
The VirusTotal Uploader allows Mac users to upload suspicious files or folders to the service to be scanned with more than 50 antivirus solutions.
Along with being able to drag-and-drop Mac applications to the uploader, users can also select “Open With” in the finder to have the service scan a file.
The program can be downloaded directly from the VirusTotal site now. You’ll need a Mac running OS X 10.7 or higher to use the uploader. There is also a version of the program designed for Windows machines, as well.
Even though the number of threats targeting OS X is relatively small compared to the Windows world, this sounds like a great tool. I’ll be downloading it now. And the more users that take advantage of the program, the bigger help it will be for malware researchers and antivirus companies.
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