I disagree. Even 10 years ago you could pay 15$ and people would repack their exe withalware for you and virus total would not pick it up. I’ve seen it personally.
I think some of the engines use heuristic detection methods as well but of course it’s mostly a tool to detect known viruses using pretty much all the scanners available on the market.
This is why you use https://virustotal.com/ to check the EXEs and DLLs before you launch the game.
Is that legit?
I disagree. Even 10 years ago you could pay 15$ and people would repack their exe withalware for you and virus total would not pick it up. I’ve seen it personally.
Do you have a better idea?
Yes, using trusted sources instead of shitty ones.
The site is legit, but it only matches against AV provider databases. In other words it only detects known viruses and malicious URLs
I think some of the engines use heuristic detection methods as well but of course it’s mostly a tool to detect known viruses using pretty much all the scanners available on the market.