VirusTotal

What is VirusTotal?

VirusTotal is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that integrates VirusTotal’s security database, enabling AI assistants like Claude to perform malware detection and threat intelligence on URLs, files, IP addresses, and domains. It automatically fetches relationship data to provide complete security context in a single request.

How to use VirusTotal?

The README does not provide installation, configuration, or invocation instructions. Refer to the server’s source code or documentation for setup details.

Key features of VirusTotal

• Comprehensive threat analysis with automatic relationship fetching
• URL analysis including contacted domains and threat actors
• File hash analysis covering behaviors, dropped files, and network connections
• IP analysis with geolocation, reputation, and historical data
• Domain analysis including DNS, WHOIS, SSL certificates, and subdomains
• Paginated access to specific relationship types for deep investigation
• Respects VirusTotal API rate limits
• Supports SSE and STDIO transports

Use cases of VirusTotal

• Automatically scan URLs and files for malware during incident response
• Investigate suspicious IP addresses with full reputation and geolocation context
• Enrich domain intelligence with DNS records, WHOIS, and SSL certificate data
• Perform deep file hash analysis to uncover behavioral and network indicators
• Query specific relationships (e.g., contacted domains for a URL) in paginated form

FAQ from VirusTotal

What data can VirusTotal analyze?

VirusTotal analyzes URLs, files (via hash), IP addresses, and domains, automatically retrieving related data such as contacted domains, dropped files, threat actors, geolocation, DNS records, WHOIS, SSL certificates, and subdomains.

Does VirusTotal handle API rate limits?

Yes, the server is rate‑limit aware and respects VirusTotal API limitations.

What transport protocols does VirusTotal support?

It supports both SSE (Server‑Sent Events) and STDIO transports for different integration patterns.

Is VirusTotal tied to a specific AI assistant?

The server is built for any Model Context Protocol client, with examples mentioning AI assistants like Claude.

What are the runtime dependencies?

The server is built with FastMCP and Python, but exact dependencies are not listed in the provided README.