Google announced VirusTotal's new service: VirusTotal Monitor. The new service is not free, and is designed to provide the company's customers with daily reports on the archives that have been loaded into the service.
One of the main goals of VirusTotal Monitor is to mitigate false positives. "False positives" is what we call the incorrect detection of malicious code in files. False positives are one of the biggest problems for companies software security but also for end users.
The software may not be installed on user computers if false positives occur and developers lose customers and their reliability.
In short, false-positive warnings negatively affect all those involved. So Google is trying to limit the false positives from 2015 with the Trusted Source project.
The VirusTotal Monitor is another attempt to address the same problem. Basically, what Google does with the new service is that it offers monitoring (paid) to files uploaded to VirusTotal for additional control. So software developers can control application libraries via VirusTotal automatically and on a regular basis.
VirusTotal generates reports and alerts companies if any of its scanning engines detect malware, potentially unwanted software, or other problem which should not exist.
So companies and developers can react directly and resolve serious or non-serious issues before they reach the end user.
The word-key describing VirusTotal Monitor's main advantage is automation. Files are automatically scanned and developers and companies are automatically notified of each detection.
You can get more information from the link below:
http://blog.virustotal.com/2018/06/vtmonitor-to-mitigate-false-positives.html
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