VirusTotal also offers several client-side tools to help users more seamlessly interact with the VirusTotal service. There are flavors of these tools for the major operating systems, refer to the section that best suits you.

With the VirusTotal Uploader this task is easy.

Some malware samples keep running in the system as ordinary processes. This is what the antivirus industry calls active malware. The VirusTotal Uploader includes a feature to help users identify active malware: the Upload process executable button. When this button is clicked, the VirusTotal Uploader will try to find and read the process’s image file and send it to VirusTotal for analysis.

Another handy option will have VirusTotal fetch and scan an online file, with no need for you to download it first. Type in the URL, or right-click it and choose “Copy link location” to cut and paste it, and then click the Get and upload button. The file will be downloaded but not saved to your hard drive (by default). You will get the usual list of results and can then decide whether you want the download.