How should I do the torrent scan to look for malware?

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I wanted to know if there is a way to check if a torrent file has malware or not, before actually downloading it via uTorrent f.e. I only know VirusTotal site. Is this one reliable? Because each time I past a link in it, it says that the link/file is safe. So I don't know if every single link/file I paste on virustotal is clear and safe or just the web doesn't detect malware well. Best option for me would be to have a way to check it on the web without downloading 3rd party apps.

Anisha Dalal · Accepted Answer

You should check the reputation of the site or the comments of the file. As someone told you in comments, unless someone is using a day 0 attack or and unpatched vulnerability you will be safe. You can't do anything more before you download the torrent. If you want to do the torrent scan for any kind of malware after the download, you should have a sandbox tool and a VM(Virtual Machine) or a dedicated computer for check the files you have downloaded. You can use an antivirus, antimalware bytes, roguekiller... After that, you can upload the files to virustotal and see if one the antivirus detect something in your files.

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