{"id":640174,"date":"2013-01-24T18:03:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T23:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betanews.com\/?p=126137"},"modified":"2013-01-24T18:03:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T23:03:46","slug":"quttera-url-scanner-bulks-up-virustotal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/640174","title":{"rendered":"Quttera URL Scanner bulks up VirusTotal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/betanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/bicep-muscle-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bicep muscle\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-116564\" \/><a title=\"VirusTotal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/\" >VirusTotal.com<\/a>\u00a0is perhaps best known for its free virus detection service, which allows you to upload almost any suspect file for a speedy verdict from all the main antivirus engines (and several of the lesser ones, too).\u00a0The service can also vet URLs for presence of malware, though, and VirusTotal has just extended this capability even further with the inclusion of a URL scanner from\u00a0<a title=\"Quttera URL Scanner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/29410-quttera_url_scanner\" >Quttera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s interesting about Quttera is it\u2019s not just another signature matching tool. Instead it uses a wide range of heuristic techniques to detect JavaScript exploits, suspect HTML code, malicious PDF files and exploits concealed in other content.<\/p>\n<p>Does it work? As with most heuristic technologies, accuracy is variable: it\u2019ll miss some threats, and raise false alarms elsewhere. We\u2019ve had some good results with the tool, though, and its inclusion at VirusTotal is another sign of confidence. The program should be a welcome addition to the service.<\/p>\n<p>If you could use Quttera yourself, though, perhaps to monitor your own website, it\u2019s worth keeping in mind that the service isn\u2019t just online only. The company has also provided a Windows client which will scan your preferred URLs, entirely free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t quite as convenient as it sounds, unfortunately. The program uses a command line-based interface, for instance, which may require a little thought initially. And you\u2019ll need some web development and security knowledge to get the most from its detailed reports and alerts.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re running your own website, though,\u00a0<a title=\"Quttera URL Scanner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.downloadcrew.com\/article\/29410-quttera_url_scanner\" >Quttera URL Scanner<\/a>\u00a0does provide an easy way to look for changes which might indicate you\u2019ve been hacked. And the company produces similar tools to check sites from Chrome or your WordPress dashboard; check\u00a0<a title=\"Quttera\" href=\"http:\/\/quttera.com\/\" >their site<\/a>\u00a0for details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong>\u00a0<a id=\"portfolio_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/gallery-287881p1.html\" >Aaron Amat<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/\" >Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=8vxgS8p9f9g:nZTgGdTx1zc:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.betanews.com\/~ff\/bn?a=8vxgS8p9f9g:nZTgGdTx1zc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/bn?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/bn\/~4\/8vxgS8p9f9g\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VirusTotal.com\u00a0is perhaps best known for its free virus detection service, which allows you to upload almost any suspect file for a speedy verdict from all the main antivirus engines (and several of the lesser ones, too).\u00a0The service can also vet URLs for presence of malware, though, and VirusTotal has just extended this capability even further [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}