X-Ray was announced at the blog nearly 2 years ago but was never revealed what it can do other than “something you have never seen before!”. During that time, my idea was to create a keylogger detector WITH a password reset so you can access in to the keylogger’s control panel and view the settings to have an idea who installed it on your computer, where the logs are sent/saved, when was it installed, how to uninstall it and etc. There was already a prototype version of it but unfortunately it had to be abandoned due to other more important responsibility in personal life.

Few months ago when my important responsibility in personal life has lighten up, I had another idea to create another software that is able to help many people “confirm” if a file is safe or dangerous. Until today people are relying on antivirus, automated online analysis such as ThreatExpert and security software to help keep them safe from malicious software but these security software are limited because they are based on a set of logical rules to decide if the software is a threat or not. Moreover with tools known as “crypters” that can make a detected malware fully undetected, bypassing any antivirus detection, the Internet is definitely not a safe place. Scanning suspicious files on VirusTotal will confuse you even further when you get a 30% or 50% detection result.


My idea is to create a tool that can automatically submit files to multiple antivirus companies for manual analysis by human professionals, not by a robot or a software. After submitting the suspicious files for manual analysis, all you need to do is wait for another 24-48 hours so that it gets analyzed and then scan it again at VirusTotal. You can also check your email inbox because some antivirus will send you an update when the file has been processed, letting you know if the file safe. I named the tool X-Ray and it works best when it is used together with VirusTotal.

X-Ray was actually released earlier and privately to the forum moderators and Star members but I kept wanting to improve and make it better which ended up delaying until now. So I thought I should release it to public, get more feedback and then only start working from there. This release is actually not up to my expectation yet because there are still a lot of things to be done.

For more information on what it does and where to download the software, please visit the official X-Ray web page. I hope all of you will find this software useful and any feedback is much appreciated.