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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is that legit?

[–] sanitation@lemmy.radio 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I disagree. Even 10 years ago you could pay 15$ and people would repack their exe for you and virus total would not pick it up.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you have a better idea?

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, using trusted sources instead of shitty ones.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The site is legit, but it only matches against AV provider databases. In other words it only detects known viruses and malicious URLs

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I think some of the engines use heuristic detection methods as well but of course it's mostly a tool to detect known viruses using pretty much all the scanners available on the market.