VirusTotal Domain Monitor

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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• Apr 17, 2026
  description

  VirusTotal Domain Monitor gives you a practical, browser-native way to keep an eye on domain reputation without constantly opening VirusTotal by hand.
  
  Add your own domains to a watchlist, let the extension check them on a schedule, and use the extension badge to understand the current site's status at a glance. When a domain is flagged, you can open the record, review vendor verdicts, and start dispute work directly from the side panel.
  
  This extension is designed around the free VirusTotal Public API, so the workflow stays realistic for solo webmasters and small teams. It spaces requests, shows daily usage, supports pause mode, and keeps data locally in the browser.
  
  ## Why This Is Different
  
  - Built for domain operators, not for general consumers
  - Uses your own VirusTotal API key instead of a third-party backend
  - Combines watchlist monitoring with current-site inspection
  - Helps with false-positive cleanup through vendor links, templates, and progress tracking
  - Keeps data local: no analytics, no telemetry, no external sync service
  
  ## Key Features
  
  - Watchlist monitoring for domains you care about
  - Scheduled background checks from 12 hours to 7 days
  - Current-site view for the active tab's domain
  - Badge indicator on the extension icon for quick status checks
  - Bulk add from pasted domains, URLs, or mixed text
  - Reanalyze flow for stale VirusTotal data
  - Configurable rescan policy
  - False-positive dispute workflow with vendor contacts, copy-ready templates, and AI prompts
  - Per-vendor dispute status tracking: Not disputed, Disputed, Resolved
  - Daily API usage counter
  - Pause mode to preserve quota
  - IDN support with Unicode display
  - Dark, light, and auto theme
  - Chrome, Edge, and Firefox support
  
  ## Built For The Free VirusTotal API
  
  You use your own free VirusTotal Public API key.
  
  Practical points for users:
  
  - Free-tier friendly workflow
  - Daily usage counter in the UI
  - Request throttling to stay within rate limits
  - Bulk "Add + check now" is capped for immediate checks
  - Watchlist-first model instead of blind full-history scanning
  - Pause mode when you want to conserve budget
  
  This makes the extension useful even if you only have the standard free VirusTotal allowance.
  
  ## Typical Use Cases
  
  ### 1. Monitor your own domains
  
  Add production domains to the watchlist and let the extension re-check them automatically in the background.
  
  ### 2. Review a suspicious domain while browsing
  
  Open a site, glance at the badge, then open Current Site to inspect its latest VirusTotal status.
  
  ### 3. Audit a batch of domains
  
  Paste a list of domains or URLs into Bulk Add when onboarding a client portfolio, reviewing redirects, or cleaning up a set of domains after migration.
  
  ### 4. Work through false positives
  
  If vendors flag a domain, open the dispute view, copy a ready-made message, follow the vendor link, and track which vendors are disputed or resolved.
  
  ### 5. Keep stale results under control
  
  Use reanalyze and rescan policy settings to refresh domains whose VirusTotal data is no longer recent enough.
  
  ## Who This Is For
  
  - Webmasters
  - Site owners
  - Agencies managing multiple domains
  - SEO and migration specialists
  - Hosting and operations teams
  - Domain portfolio operators
  
  ## What It Does Not Do
  
  - Does not block websites
  - Does not replace antivirus software
  - Does not inject warnings into pages
  - Does not scan page content
  - Does not use its own reputation backend
  
  ## Privacy And Permissions
  
  The extension talks only to the official VirusTotal API and stores its data in browser storage.

  VirusTotal Domain Monitor is a browser-native tool for webmasters, SEO specialists, agencies, hosting teams, and domain portfolio operators who need a practical way to monitor domain reputation through the official VirusTotal API.
  
  Track domains in a watchlist, check the current site instantly, review per-vendor verdicts, inspect WHOIS details, and handle false positives from one place. The extension is built for day-to-day reputation monitoring, domain audits, migration checks, and ongoing portfolio hygiene.
  
  Key features
  
  Domain reputation watchlist with scheduled background checks
  Current-site badge with instant clean, suspicious, or malicious status
  Current Site inspector with per-vendor verdicts, statistics, and WHOIS data
  Bulk add domains from pasted domains, URLs, or mixed text
  Preflight budget estimate before large checks
  Reanalyze stale VirusTotal results when older data needs refreshing
  Configurable rescan policy: never, stale after 30 days, stale after 7 days, or always
  False-positive dispute workflow with templates for 60+ vendors
  AI-ready prompts for dispute preparation
  Per-vendor dispute status tracking: Not disputed, Disputed, Resolved
  Daily API usage counter to help stay within quota
  Pause mode to preserve your VirusTotal API allowance
  Excluded domains list to skip noisy or irrelevant sites
  Export and import watchlist data in JSON and CSV
  IDN support with Unicode display
  Dark, light, and auto theme
  Supports Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
  
  Built for the free VirusTotal API
  
  Use your own VirusTotal Public API key. The extension throttles requests, spaces checks with a safe interval, limits bulk activity, and shows daily usage so you can work within the free API tier more comfortably.
  
  Who this extension is for
  
  Webmasters and website owners
  SEO and technical SEO specialists
  Domain investors and domain portfolio operators
  Agencies managing multiple sites or client domains
  Hosting, operations, and security-aware site teams
  Anyone who needs a domain reputation checker with workflow support
  
  Useful use cases
  
  Monitor important domains over time
  Check whether a domain appears suspicious or malicious in vendor verdicts
  Review domain reputation before migration or launch
  Investigate reputation issues affecting traffic, trust, or deliverability
  Recheck stale VirusTotal data
  Organize and track false-positive disputes with vendors
  Audit large domain lists with bulk import
  
  What it does not do
  
  It does not block websites
  It does not inject browser warnings into pages
  It does not replace antivirus software
  It does not scan page content locally
  It does not use a third-party reputation backend outside the official VirusTotal API
  
  Privacy
  
  The extension communicates only with the official VirusTotal API. Your API key, settings, watchlist, cached results, and dispute notes stay in browser storage. No analytics. No telemetry. No external sync.
  
  Setup
  
  Create a free account at virustotal.com
  Copy your VirusTotal Public API key
  Open the extension and paste the key
  Add domains to your watchlist
  Choose a check interval and rescan policy

• Apr 17, 2026
  short_description

  Monitor domain reputation via VirusTotal API - watchlist with scheduled checks and badge indicator

  Monitor domain reputation with your VirusTotal API key. Watchlist, badge, bulk add, reanalyze, and dispute workflow.

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