Microsoft Safety Scanner is a scan tool designed to find and remove malware from Windows computers. It only scans when manually triggered, is a portable executable, and expires 10 days after being downloaded. It supports Windows client and server versions and does not replace an anti-malware product.
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Windows Sandbox is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
Filescanio is a code project with source, releases, documentation, or setup notes.
Online service for detailed and free analysis of suspicious files and URLs.
Security software for detecting malware, adware, scams, and unwanted programs on devices.
Triage is a malware analysis sandbox for dissecting malware samples, offering a customizable environment with detections and configuration extraction for many malware families. Public reports can be viewed, and a REST-like API is provided for automating sample analysis.
Security scanning service for checking files, URLs, domains, and hashes across many detection engines.
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group is a threat intelligence operation that publishes threat research and an Intelligence Center with web reputation, content categorization, sender IP and domain reputation, file reputation and IPS/IDS resources. It also offers incident response services for emergency network security needs and proactive intelligence-led services.
Malwarebytes is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
Security / Antivirus Multireddit is a Reddit community or thread with discussion, guides, updates, or shared resources.
ANY.RUN is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
Cuckoo is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
Filescan.io is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
ID Ransomware is a service that identifies ransomware from an uploaded ransom note or sample encrypted file. The site states it currently detects 1188 different ransomwares and offers a dynamic list of detected families.
IsLegitSite is a free security tool for checking whether a website is legitimate or a potential scam. It presents website reputation, blocklist status, HTTPS connection details, popularity (Alexa rank), and user comments and reviews in one place, and it states that data submitted is shared with security companies.
Manalyzer is a free, open-source, multi-platform service that performs static analysis on PE executables to detect undesirable behavior. It can be used online, and its underlying software is available on GitHub. Manalyze plugins run in separate threads.
Threat analysis service for URLs, files, certificates, domains, and suspicious hashes.
Ransomware.live tracks and monitors ransomware groups' victims and their activity. Created by security researcher Julien Mousqueton, it provides information on ransomware groups, victims, negotiations, and payment demands, and includes a live map showing the latest ransomware attacks.
rifteyy is an independent malware analyst from the Czech Republic. The site collects in-depth malware and ransomware analysis reports, reverse engineering breakdowns, and security research. The analyst describes himself as a computer science student, tech support and teacher at a primary school, and a Malware Removal Expert on various forums. Malware removal help is handled through public forums, not through socials or email.
Sandbox is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
Sandboxie-Plus is open source sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. It creates an isolated operating environment in which applications can be run or installed without permanently modifying the local or mapped drive, allowing controlled testing of untrusted programs and web surfing. Development has continued under David Xanatos since the project became open source. Two builds exist: Classic with an MFC-based UI and Plus with a Qt-based UI.
ScamAdviser is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
urlscan is a web tool for finding, checking, or analyzing online information related to domains, networks, and digital services.
URLVoid is a free website reputation checker. It scans a website against multiple reputation and blocklist services to help determine whether it is safe or malicious, and provides a safety report with blocklist names and IP and domain details.
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Microsoft Safety Scanner
Features
- designed to find and remove malware from Windows computers Source: learn.microsoft.com
Uses
- run a manual malware scan on Windows Source: learn.microsoft.com
Cisco Talos Intelligence
Features
- Incident Response service inquiries only Source: talosintelligence.com
ID Ransomware
Features
- identify the ransomware that has encrypted your data Source: id-ransomware.malwarehunterteam.com
- currently detects 1188 different ransomwares Source: id-ransomware.malwarehunterteam.com
Manalyzer
Features
- performs static analysis on PE executables Source: manalyzer.org