Report a virus

I’m always coming across new viruses that haven’t even been added to the latest anti-virus software.

If I download a file that I suspect is a virus, the first thing I will do is check it against my internal scanner.

If that doesn’t detect it as a virus, the next obvious step is to check with a third party virus scanner. I use VirusTotal as it checks against about 40 anti-virus engines.

Once you’ve established that it might be a virus, how do you report it?

Avast!

• Email it to [email protected]
• Upload to ftp://ftp.avast.com/incoming

ClamAV/ClamWin

• Submit to an online form
• Email it to [email protected]

McAfee

• Follow the on screen instructions
• Email it to [email protected]

Symantec

• Follow the on screen instructions

F-Prot

• Submit to an online form

F-Secure

• Submit to an online form

TrendMicro

• Submit to an online form

Sophos

• Submit to an online form

Microsoft

• Submit to an online form

DrWeb

• Submit to an online form

BitDefender

• Email to [email protected]

Kaspersky

• Submit to an online form
• Email to [email protected]

Malwarebytes

• Submit to an online form

This is just a handful of the anti-virus software out there, so if you know how or where to submit to others, please feel free to add a comment below…

Note: Don’t expect a response from the anti-virus vendors straight away, it may take a few months for them to get back to you, if at all.