
Virus Total (unofficial)
An independent developer's bot that wraps VirusTotal's public multi-engine scanning for links and files. Not run by Google/VirusTotal itself — a convenient unofficial front-end, similar in spirit to third-party wrappers around other public APIs.
Key features
- Checks files and links against 70+ antivirus engines via VirusTotal
- Owner identity disclosed in the bot's own profile
- Sibling bots from the same developer (video downloader, AI chat)
- Simple send-and-get-verdict interaction
Virus Total (unofficial)
This bot's own profile is upfront about who runs it: "Owner: @Borya_Abramovich_B," alongside two sibling bots the same developer maintains. It is not affiliated with Google or the real VirusTotal service — it is an independent wrapper that relays whatever you send it to VirusTotal's public scanning API, which checks a file or link against 70+ antivirus engines at once, and relays the verdict back into the chat.
That "many engines at once" approach is genuinely useful: a single antivirus vendor's bot (like Dr.Web's) only tells you what its own engine thinks, while a VirusTotal-style aggregator shows you a consensus across dozens of vendors, which is more informative when a file sits in an ambiguous "some engines flag it, most don't" zone.
Being an unofficial wrapper by a single named individual rather than a company means less institutional accountability than Dr.Web's own bot — if it goes offline or changes hands, there's no corporate support line behind it. Use it the same way you would the public virustotal.com website: as a second opinion, not a substitute for keeping your antivirus and OS up to date, and be mindful that whatever you upload becomes part of VirusTotal's shared scanning corpus.
How to start
- Open @VirusTotal52bot in Telegram
- Send a file (up to 20MB) or a link to check
- Wait for the multi-engine scan result
- Treat the verdict as a second opinion, not a final word
Pricing and limits
Free
Pros / Cons
- Consensus across 70+ antivirus engines, not just one
- Owner identity disclosed rather than fully anonymous
- Free to use
- Unofficial — not affiliated with Google or VirusTotal itself
- Single-developer project, less institutional accountability
- Uploaded files become part of VirusTotal's shared scanning corpus
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 7 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 5 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 4 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 10 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 7 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 5 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 5 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 4 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 8 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 61.0 |
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Is this the official VirusTotal Telegram bot?
No — it is an independent developer's bot that relays checks to VirusTotal's public API; it is not run by Google or VirusTotal itself.
Is it safe to upload sensitive files to it?
No — like the public virustotal.com site, uploaded files may be shared with the security research community, so avoid sending anything containing private data.
Technical details
- Inline mode
- Mini App
- Works in groups
- Works in channels
- Accepts voice
- Accepts files
- Requires phone number
- Requires registration
- Shows ads
- Works in Russia without VPN