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Virustotal File Object Example

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Virustotal File Object Example is an example object payload from VirusTotal, with 5 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

idtypelinksattributesrelationships

Example Payload

{
  "id": "sample",
  "type": "sample",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/44d88612"
  },
  "attributes": {
    "type_description": "Win32 EXE",
    "tlsh": "sample",
    "vhash": "sample",
    "names": [
      "Sample"
    ],
    "size": 12345,
    "sha256": "44d88612fea8a8f36de82e1278abb02f44d88612fea8a8f36de82e1278abb02f",
    "sha1": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
    "md5": "44d88612fea8a8f36de82e1278abb02f",
    "ssdeep": "sample",
    "magic": "sample",
    "first_submission_date": 1718153645,
    "last_submission_date": 1718153645,
    "last_analysis_date": 1718153645,
    "times_submitted": 42,
    "reputation": -10,
    "total_votes": {
      "harmless": 1,
      "malicious": 1
    },
    "last_analysis_stats": {
      "harmless": 1,
      "type-unsupported": 1,
      "suspicious": 1,
      "confirmed-timeout": 1748534400,
      "timeout": 1748534400,
      "failure": 1,
      "malicious": 1,
      "undetected": 1
    },
    "last_analysis_results": {},
    "meaningful_name": "invoice.pdf",
    "popular_threat_classification": {
      "suggested_threat_label": "trojan.emotet",
      "popular_threat_category": [
        {
          "count": {},
          "value": {}
        }
      ],
      "popular_threat_name": [
        {
          "count": {},
          "value": {}
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "relationships": {}
}

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