Endpoint Protection

 I do not see Symantec engine today in virustotal.com . is symantec no longer with virustotal.com

 I dont know if its temporary or permanent buts its good that symantec is not that list as Virustotal doesn't send the suspected/infcted files to security companies however threatexpert does..and virustotal is commonly used by bad people before releasing their threat or after releasing their threat to change the code..

Vikram,
Do you have a source for this allegation that Virustotal doesn't send a copy of the infected file to security companies?   You are thinking of another service.  AFAIK VirusTotal is not used by bad people because it DOES send the malware to antivirus venders.   You have it 100% backwards.

Here is a blog entry from VirusTotal in 2008 mentioning that they are removing the option to NOT distribute.  http://blog.hispasec.com/virustotal/28  

Here is a link from respected columnist Brian Krebs who just left the Washington Post  http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/2009/12/virus-scanners-for-virus-authors/
"file-scanning services like VirusTotal and Jotti, which allow visitors to upload a suspicious file and scan it against dozens of commercial anti-virus tools. If a scan generates any virus alerts or red flags, the report produced by the scan is shared with all of the participating anti-virus makers so that those vendors can incorporate detection for the newly discovered malware into their products."

Here's another article http://malwareint.blogspot.com/2009/11/russian-service-online-to-check.html

VirusTotal has a very good relationship with Symantec and the rest of the AV industry.

source: me, from virustotal ;)

 This is a list of the companies that participate in VirusTotal with their antivirus engines.

• AhnLab (V3)
• Antiy Labs (Antiy-AVL)
• Aladdin (eSafe)
• ALWIL (Avast! Antivirus)
• Authentium (Command Antivirus)
• AVG Technologies (AVG)
• Avira (AntiVir)
• Cat Computer Services (Quick Heal)
• ClamAV (ClamAV)
• Comodo (Comodo)
• CA Inc. (Vet)
• Doctor Web, Ltd. (DrWeb)
• Emsi Software GmbH (a-squared)
• Eset Software (ESET NOD32)
• Fortinet (Fortinet)
• FRISK Software (F-Prot)
• F-Secure (F-Secure)
• G DATA Software (GData)
• Hacksoft (The Hacker)
• Hauri (ViRobot)
• Ikarus Software (Ikarus)
• INCA Internet (nProtect)
• K7 Computing (K7AntiVirus)
• Kaspersky Lab (AVP)
• McAfee (VirusScan)
• Microsoft (Malware Protection)
• Norman (Norman Antivirus)
• Panda Security (Panda Platinum)
• PC Tools (PCTools)
• Prevx (Prevx1)
• Rising Antivirus (Rising)
• Secure Computing (SecureWeb)
• BitDefender GmbH (BitDefender)
• Sophos (SAV)
• Sunbelt Software (Antivirus)

• Symantec (Norton Antivirus)

• VirusBlokAda (VBA32)
• Trend Micro (TrendMicro)
• VirusBuster (VirusBuster)

Taken directly from VirusTotal's site. Don't know what happened when Bijay saw it. Maybe it was taken off by accident for a second but it is back on there now.

Grant-

 Thanks for pointing it out i was not aware of that..i don't remember where i read but i did read virustotal doesnot distribute..