How to submit malware / virus to antivirus and malware companies

So you got yourself infected with a virus and hopefully you got rid of it before it did any serious damage.  If it had you may wish you had something like “CrashPlan” to get your files back.

And while a backup solution is always the best tool to recovery today we are going to talk about what to do once you have identified a suspected virus  or malware component that you want to share so others are free from such an issue.

This fight isn’t just on you, there is a large community made up of experts and everyday people who wan’t to help one another get rid of malware and computer viruses.

Here are a few sites I often submit the little bugs to for review:

• Symantec
• AVG
• McAfee
• Microsoft

For additional tools in scanning and verifying an infected file I often use VirSCAN.org

VirSCAN.org is a FREE on-line scan service, which checks uploaded files for malware, using antivirus engines, indicated in the VirSCAN list. On uploading files you want to be checked, you can see the result of scanning and how dangerous and harmful/harmless for your computer those files are.

Another Online Scan Tool: https://www.virustotal.com/
By the way VirusTotal is owned by Google

Best of luck to you all, and stay safe