OPSWAT Filescan vs. Trellix Intelligent Virtual Execution (IVX)

OPSWAT Filescan.io, powered by MetaDefender Aether™, is a cloud-based malware analysis and zero-day detection service designed to help security teams identify known, unknown, and evasive file-based threats. Rather than relying on a single detection method, Filescan.io uses MetaDefender Aether’s five-layer zero-day detection pipeline to progressively analyze files based on risk. The pipeline combines threat reputation, Pre-Execution AI analysis, emulation-based dynamic analysis, threat scoring, and ML-powered threat hunting to deliver a consolidated verdict with detailed behavioral context.

IVX is a signature-less, dynamic analysis engine that captures and confirms zero-day, and targeted APT attacks. IVX identifies attacks that evade traditional signature-based defenses by detonating suspicious files, web objects, URLs, and email attachments within a proprietary hypervisor instrumented for over 200 potential simultaneous executions. IVX accelerates incident response by enabling analysts to visualize how malware is behaving within the virtual image and securely interact with malware to test effectiveness of countermeasures.