OpenClaw Finally Grows a Brain and Integrates VirusTotal Scanning

Well, here we bloody go again—another “security breakthrough” where some overcaffeinated devs finally realize that malware exists. OpenClaw, the platform that apparently lets people build “ClawHub Skills” (basically plugins written by anyone with a keyboard and a caffeine addiction), has decided to integrate VirusTotal scanning. About bloody time, if you ask me. Before this, malicious actors could upload all sorts of digital dumpster fires disguised as “useful extensions,” and clueless users would install them like candy on Halloween.

Now, with VirusTotal baked in, every skill gets checked before it even enters the repo, making it slightly less likely that your machine will start mining crypto for some twit in a basement. The OpenClaw team is patting themselves on the back for this like they’ve invented fire, but honestly, it’s just the security version of remembering to flush the damn toilet. Welcome to 2026, lads — glad you finally showed up.

The system uses VirusTotal’s multi-engine scanning wizardry to spot dodgy binaries, suspect URLs, and any code that even smells like malicious crap. The goal is to stop rogue developers from sneaking in backdoor scripts that compromise users or networks. Great, fantastic, marvellous—even the marketing suits are calling it “proactive security.” I call it “not being utterly fucking negligent.”

Of course, this doesn’t mean the barn’s secure—someone will still manage to upload something sneaky, some genius will still install it, and the same lot will come crying when their database starts sending love letters to random IP addresses in Russia. But hey, progress is progress. Cheers to OpenClaw for finally doing something every half-competent sysadmin thought was a bare m