VirusChief is a free online virus scanner that lets you scan files from your PC to find threats in them. This free online application comes handy in scenarios where you are suspicious about some file being infected with virus. VirusChief checks your file on multiple virus scanners like Avura, Avast, ArcaBit, AVG, Clam AV, F Prot, Bit Defender, and more. This means that chances of detecting threat increases exponentially. A virus might bypass a few scanners, but not all of them.
Using VirusChief Free Online Virus Scanner:
Getting started with VirusChief is 100% free with no requirement to login or register. The points stated below contains detailed instruction for checking a file.
- On the hompage you will be presented a file upload box for uploading the file to be scanned.
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- It must be noted that only one file at a time can be scanned with VirusChief. Click on ‘Choose File’ button and select a file on your PC.
- Then click on ‘Scan’ button after which uploading will begin and the file will be scanned on available antivirus solutions. After scanning the report will be presented to you with details like MD5 code and the status achieved on various virus scanning solutions. The process may take some time depending on your bandwidth and load on server.
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One must know that free online virus scanners such as VirusChief, VirScan, Jotti, or any other do not provide any kind of protection. Their task is restricted to scanning and only scanning file for viruses and that too without any guarantees. If you are the unlucky one whose PC got infected with some newly designed & developed virus then none of the solutions might help. Well! need not worry as that will be rare of the rarest scenario. It is highly recommended to have an updated antivirus on your PC.
The Final Verdict:
The overall impression delivered by VirusChief free online virus scanner was quite good. I have no issues in recommending it, you must remember that it does not provides any kind of safety.
* Even if you have an antivirus solution installed on your PC then too it might get infected. The multi-scanning capabilities of VirusChief and similar application suits best for such cases.
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