Carifred has updated its malware hunter Ultra Virus Killer with integrated VirusTotal support.

No need to manually launch checks on individual files any more: just open the Process, Autorun, Service or Modules lists and a new column displays the VirusTotal score for every file.

This can take a while, because by default UVK uploads unknown files to VirusTotal, but fortunately there’s a setting to turn this off (Options > clear “Auto upload unknown items…”).

While the basic scores were displayed without issue for us, we couldn’t get any more information. Clicking “Get VirusTotal report” only ever displayed a “Creating the report” alert, which disappeared after a fraction of a second, and nothing further happened at all.

Elsewhere, there are new maintenance tools to clean up the shell MuiCache (details on recently run programs) and empty AppData subfolders.

A new VirusTotal column highlights potential malware

Sysinternals Sigcheck is now bundled with the program, and a new command uses it to check for untrusted root certificates.

Extra system tweaks include the ability to enable/ disable Windows Fast Boot and Windows Defender’s PUP detection, and there’s a selection of smaller improvements and bug fixes.

The missing VirusTotal report is an issue (try Process Explorer if that’s a must for you), but having the summary scores displayed up-front is a major plus, and overall UVK 7.6.0 is a worthwhile update.

Ultra Virus Killer is a free application for Windows XP and later.