First of all, the most important thing that people need to keep in mind regarding website scanners is the fact that they come in various different varieties. Website scanners are designed for large scale websites such as Facebook, Twitter and others, where a lot of information is posted on a daily basis. Then, website malware scanners are also designed for smaller scale websites which do not get as much traffic, but still require appropriate security. There are specialized, online based website scanning tools available as well, which are able to run a remote scan on any website. However, it should be known that these are not as effective as you might think, and only run a cursory scan in order to look for the most obvious fallacies.