Analyze Files and URLs for Viruses Using VirusTotal VirusTotal, a subsidiary of Google, is a free online service that analyzes files and URLs in order to identify potential malware. VirusTotal scans and detects any type of binary content, including a Windows executable program, Android, PDFs, and images. VirusTotal is designed to provide a "second opinion" on a file or URL thatmay have been flagged as suspicious by other AV software. In this project, you will use VirusTotal to scan a file and a URL 1. Use Microsoft Word to create a document that contains the above paragraph about VirusTotal. Save the document as Virusiotal. docx. 2. Now save this document as a PDF. Click File and Save As. 3. Under Save as type: select PDF r. pdf). 4. Save this file as YourName-VirusTotal. pdf. 5. Exit Word. 6. Open your web browser and enter the URL www. virustotal. com 7. If necessary click the File tab. 8. Click Choose File. 9. Navigate to the location of YourName-VirusTotal. pdf and click Open. 10. Click Scan it! 11. If the File already analyzed dialog box opens, click Reanalyse. 12. Wait until the analysis is completed. 13. Scroll through the list of AV vendors that have been polled regarding this file. A green checkmark means no malware was detected. 14. Click the File detail tab and read through the analysis. 15. Use your browser's back button to return to the VirusTotal home page. 16. Click URL. 17. Enter the URL of your school, place of employment, or other site with which you are familiar.