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virustotal

R Client for the VirusTotal API

v0.5.0 · Dec 15, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Provides a comprehensive R interface to the VirusTotal API (v2 and v3), a Google service that analyzes files and URLs for viruses, worms, trojans and other malware. Features include file/URL scanning, domain categorization, passive DNS information, IP reputation analysis, and comment/voting systems. Implements rate limiting, error handling, and response validation for robust security analysis workflows.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-macos-arm64 OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK

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OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies httr dplyr base64enc jsonlite checkmate rlang rdomains virustotal

Version History

new 0.5.0 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.5.0 ← 0.3.0 diff Dec 15, 2025
updated 0.3.0 ← 0.2.2 diff Sep 2, 2025
updated 0.2.2 ← 0.2.1 diff Nov 3, 2021
updated 0.2.1 ← 0.2.0 diff Apr 30, 2017
updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.0 diff Nov 11, 2016
new 0.1.0 Jun 1, 2016