How to Report Malware or False Positives to Multiple Antivirus Vendors

Chiron

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Hello, I've written an article that explains How to Report Malware or False Positives to Multiple Antivirus Vendors.

It is meant to be a comprehensive list of all reputable vendors who produce products that rely on signature detection, in some way, in order to detect all manner of malware. What I have done is investigate how to submit malware, and false positives to all of them. I have then taken this information and created a mailing list that allows you, with a few clicks, to submit malware to the majority of all of the anti-malware vendors in the world. At least that is the idea. You can also submit the malware to the reset of them manually, but the idea is to make it as easy as possible to submit it to as many as possible with as little work as possible.

Please use this article to submit any malware you find to as many vendors as possible so we can help to make the online world a safer place. Also, for anyone who is able, and willing, to help I could use your help to improve this list. Please provide me with whatever feedback you have about the article and help me to make the information provided as accurate, and poignant, as possible. It would be most effective to leave the feedback in the comments section of the article so I have all of the feedback in one place. This will help me to best utilize it to improve the article.

Thank you.
 

Ink

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Interesting.

I got an issue with Gmail detecting my .zip attachments to contain .exe files. So I'm unable to send anything to vendors. :(
 
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Chiron

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Earth said:
Interesting.

I got an issue with Gmail detecting my .zip attachments to contain .exe files. So I'm unable to send anything to vendors. :(

Yep, I do note in my article that Gmail cannot be used to submit samples. That's why I suggest using AOL.
 

Chiron

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Earth said:
I got an issue with Gmail detecting my .zip attachments to contain .exe files. So I'm unable to send anything to vendors. :(
Actually, on looking over my article again I now realize that the part that mentioned that Gmail did not work may have been a little hidden.

I've now moved it to the very beginning of the article.

Thank you very much for your feedback.
 

pcjunklist

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Great article, Great list. Just one question what is an AOL ? Sounds like a 90's Frisbee company.
 

MrXidus

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An excellent informative and helpful article Chiron, Bookmarked straight away.

Thanks. :)

pcjunklist said:
Just one question what is an AOL ? Sounds like a 90's Frisbee company.

An AOL? Sounds ancient and out of date.
 

Chiron

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MrXidus said:
An AOL? Sounds ancient and out of date.
I know, isn't it weird that they're one of the few who work with this new type of article... Wait, or does that actually imply that my article is already ancient and out of date?:huh:
 

pcjunklist

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It would only become ancient if it came on a floppy disk and required dial-up internet. Kidding aside I think it's a great write-up.

Chiron said:
MrXidus said:
An AOL? Sounds ancient and out of date.
I know, isn't it weird that they're one of the few who work with this new type of article... Wait, or does that actually imply that my article is already ancient and out of date?:huh:
 

Malware1

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ALYac uses also Bitdefender engine
BullGuard uses only Bitdefender engine
ChicaLogic probably uses Malwarebytes engine
Commtouch uses also F-Prot engine
Emsisoft uses also Ikarus engine
eScan uses also Bitdefender engine
Faronics - not Facronis
F-Secure uses also Bitdefender engine
Now the HitmanPro does not use Prevx engine
nProtect uses also Bitdefender engine
Zeobit PCKeeper uses only AVIRA engine
Prevx has been acquired by Webroot
TrustPort Internet Security 2012 uses AVG (Argon) & BitDefender (Xenon) engines
TrustPort Antivirus for Servers 2012 uses AVG (Argon) & Vipre (Neon) engines
Zemana uses G Data, IKARUS, Emsisoft and Dr.Web engines
 
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ReviewsAntivirus said:
ALYac uses also Bitdefender engine
Yes, but they also use their own. Thus I can't advise that readers just submit samples to BitDefender.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
BullGuard uses only Bitdefender engine
Thanks. I'm looking into this.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
ChicaLogic probably uses Malwarebytes engine
Thanks. I'm looking into this. I believe I contacted them about this before and they said they did want samples sent directly to them, but I'll make sure by asking them once again.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
Commtouch uses also F-Prot engine
Thanks. I'm looking into this.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
Emsisoft uses also Ikarus engine
Yes, but unless I'm mistaken they also use their own. Thus, I can't just advise my readers to submit the samples to Ikarus. They should submit them to both.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
eScan uses also Bitdefender engine
Thank you. I had thought they used their own engine. I'm looking into this.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
Faronics - not Facronis
Thanks. Fixed.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
F-Secure uses also Bitdefender engine
Thanks. I'm looking into this.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
Now the HitmanPro does not use Prevx engine
Thanks. I added the new information to the article. Looks like they changed the engines they use again.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
nProtect uses also Bitdefender engine
So far nProtect has not answered most of my queries. Are you sure that they use only the Bitdefender engine? If so then I'll add that information to my article.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
Zeobit PCKeeper uses only AVIRA engine
Thank you. I'm looking into this.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
Prevx has been acquired by Webroot
The product is still available and, since many people may still think of it as different, I'm currently leaving it by itself but just pointing out that it uses Webroot's signatures. You'll notice I've done the same with PC Tools.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
TrustPort Internet Security 2012 uses AVG (Argon) & BitDefender (Xenon) engines
TrustPort Antivirus for Servers 2012 uses AVG (Argon) & Vipre (Neon) engines
So far I've had trouble getting a hold of TrustPort. I sent them another email, but I'm doubtful they'll reply. Thus, if you are sure that they only use those three engines, and no others, then I'll add that information to the article and explain the situation.

ReviewsAntivirus said:
Zemana uses G Data, IKARUS, Emsisoft and Dr.Web engines
Thanks. I'm looking into this. I believe I contacted them about this before and they said they did want samples sent directly to them, but I'll make sure by asking them once again.
 

Chiron

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Feb 24, 2011
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Chiron said:
ReviewsAntivirus said:
nProtect uses also Bitdefender engine
So far nProtect has not answered most of my queries. Are you sure that they use only the Bitdefender engine? If so then I'll add that information to my article.
They responded back and explained that they also use their own engine. Thus I can't advise my readers to just submit malware to Bitdefender.
 

Chiron

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Feb 24, 2011
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Chiron said:
ReviewsAntivirus said:
BullGuard uses only Bitdefender engine
Thanks. I'm looking into this.
I got a response back from them in which they said that the Bitdefender engine is part of its antivirus protection, but that they cannot guarantee that submitting a file to Bitdefender will mean that Bullguard will detect it as well. Thus they recommend that users continue to submit samples directly to Bullguard.
 

Chiron

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Feb 24, 2011
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Chiron said:
ReviewsAntivirus said:
F-Secure uses also Bitdefender engine
Thanks. I'm looking into this.
They responded and said that they use many engines. Thus I will continue to advise my readers to submit samples directly to F-Secure.
 

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