About VirusTotal. VirusTotal, abgerufen am 25. Juni 2017 (englisch): „Files and URLs sent to VirusTotal will be shared with antivirus vendors and security companies so as to help them in improving their services and products. […] By default any file/URL submitted to VirusTotal which is detected by at least one scanner is freely sent to all those scanners that do not detect the resource.“
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How it works. VirusTotal, abgerufen am 14. Januar 2018 (amerikanisches Englisch).