Is www.virustotal.com safe?

The scan of www.virustotal.com on 19 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score -12). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.

What malware is associated with www.virustotal.com?

4 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Krucky, QQpass, Vtflooder.

How was www.virustotal.com checked?

A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.

www.virustotal.com - URL scan, 19 Aug 2026

MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned www.virustotal.com and returned a unknown verdict (score -12). The page resolved to 34.54.88.138 on Google LLC in US. 1 domain and 1 IP were contacted. 4 malware samples communicate with this URL (Krucky, QQpass, Vtflooder). The request followed 1 redirect before landing. This is a point-in-time observation from 19 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.

Scan result

Verdict: unknown (score -12) · Confidence 15%
Scanned URL: http://www.virustotal.com/vtapi/v2/file/scan
Domain: www.virustotal.com · IP: 34.54.88.138 · AS396982 · US
Server: Google Frontend
Page title: 405 Method Not Allowed
HTTP status: 405 · text/html; charset=utf-8
TLS issuer: C=US, O=Google Trust Services, CN=WR3 · valid to Nov 13 12: · subject CN=www.virustotal.com
Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-19 23:52:04 UTC

Redirect chain

http://www.virustotal.com/vtapi/v2/file/scan
https://www.virustotal.com/vtapi/v2/file/scan

Malware communicating with this URL (4)

These samples were observed contacting or being served from www.virustotal.com. Each links to its full analysis.

Krucky - contacted · 27e7be153277005583350108ccf22e3a · first seen 2026-08-19
QQpass - referenced · f3bac5e643a73868a612f68e7bbcef11 · first seen 2026-08-19
Vtflooder - referenced · 04e97bd96aaf5df70ecc478471e492e7 · first seen 2026-08-15
QQpass - referenced · 812f5128071874e5333f08808fa30fd6 · first seen 2026-08-15

Antivirus & YARA (0 of 47 engines)

No engine flagged this page's content.

Why this verdict

Valid TLS, no impersonation or off-origin credential post

Contacted infrastructure

34.54.88.138 - AS396982 Google LLC (United States)

Observed indicators

www.virustotal.com
34.54.88.138
https://www.virustotal.com/vtapi/v2/file/scan

Other scans of www.virustotal.com (4)

This host has been scanned before. Each scan is a separate observation, so a verdict here does not carry over to the others.

23 Aug 2026 - unknown
22 Aug 2026 - unknown
20 Aug 2026 - unknown
12 Aug 2026 - suspicious · https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/checksum

Questions about www.virustotal.com

Is www.virustotal.com safe?: The scan of www.virustotal.com on 19 Aug 2026 reached no verdict either way (score -12). Too little was captured to judge it, which is an unknown rather than a pass.
What malware is associated with www.virustotal.com?: 4 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including Krucky, QQpass, Vtflooder.
How was www.virustotal.com checked?: A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.

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