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VirusTotal

Cybersecurity website

SoftwarewebsiteQ164203

Founded: June 2004
Website: virustotal.com

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VirusTotal is a website created by the Spanish security company Hispasec Sistemas. Launched in June 2004, it was acquired by Google in September 2012. The company's ownership switched in January 2018 to Google Security Operations, a subsidiary of Google.

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Owned by: Google(2012–2018)
Google Cloud Platform(since 2019)
Parent: Chronicle(until 2019)
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1.cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/the-security-moonshot-joins-google-cloud
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Headquarters: Málaga
Country: Spain
Alexa rank: 4,960(November 30, 2017)
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1.Stated in Alexa Internetalexa.com/siteinfo/virustotal.comRetrieved 2017-11-30
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Language used: English
Industry: computer security
Search formatter URL: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/search/$1
https://blog.virustotal.com/search/?q=$1
Language: English

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