Bit9 Inc. will launch a free search engine to identify unfamiliar software applications and executables found on Windows PCs. Users will be able to download a utility at Bit9’s Web site to tap into the firm’s 4-terabyte database at http://fileadvisor.bit9.com. The database holds approximately 25 million unique files and 250 million records to source and identify the software. Bit9 expects to triple the data the end of the year.
This is definitely a unique type of search engines which will help identifying Windows system file problems and spyware files. You can search files using the filename, MD5 or the SHA-1 id of the file. Currrently the total files indexed are 258,202,658 files.
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Bit9 FileAdvisor for Windows: Search and Identify Source of Unknown Files by MD-5/SHA-1 Hash or File Name by Tech[dot]Blog
November 9th, 2007 at 9:05 am
1[...] Bit9 is a free service that helps you identify unfamiliar/unknown software applications and executables on your computer by quickly searching an index of known commercial applications and malware. You just need to enter the MD-5 hash, SHA-1 hash, or file name, and FileAdvisor returns information about the origin and trustworthiness of the file. The MD-5 or SHA-1 Hash can be calculated using a free utility called VisualHash or using the FileAdvisor utility itself. [...]
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