Scam Detective vs VirusTotal
VirusTotal, owned by Google, scans a URL or file against 70+ antivirus engines and blocklists. For malware and known-bad links it’s authoritative, fast and free.
But VirusTotal answers “is this link hosting malware or already flagged?” — not “is this shop going to take my money and never ship?” A brand-new fake store with no malware reads as clean, which lulls shoppers into a false sense of safety.
Scam Detective is scam-focused, not malware-focused: it scores fake-store patterns, brand impersonation, payment red flags and phishing markers that a pure AV scan never looks at — with a plain-English verdict and a 3-step plan.