diff --git a/agent/virus_total_agent.py b/agent/virus_total_agent.py
index c6fd0b5..966de76 100644
--- a/agent/virus_total_agent.py
+++ b/agent/virus_total_agent.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ def process(self, message: msg.Message) -> None:
             message: Message containing the file to scan.
 
         Raises:
-            VirusTotalApiError: In case the Virus Total api encountered problems.
             NameError: In case the scans were not defined.
         """
         file_content = file.get_file_content(message)
@@ -66,12 +65,7 @@ def process(self, message: msg.Message) -> None:
                 self._process_response(response, target)
 
     def _process_response(self, response: dict[str, Any], target: str | None) -> None:
-        try:
-            scans = virustotal.get_scans(response)
-        except virustotal.VirusTotalApiError:
-            logger.error("Virus Total API encountered some problems. Please try again.")
-            return None
-
+        scans = virustotal.get_scans(response)
         try:
             if scans is not None:
                 technical_detail = process_scans.get_technical_details(scans, target)
diff --git a/agent/virustotal.py b/agent/virustotal.py
index 28e7ca6..ab99bc6 100644
--- a/agent/virustotal.py
+++ b/agent/virustotal.py
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ class Error(Exception):
     """Custom Error."""
 
 
-class VirusTotalApiError(Error):
-    """VirtualTotalApiError."""
-
-
 def scan_file_from_message(file_content: bytes, api_key: str) -> dict:
     """Method responsible for scanning a file through the Virus Total public API.
     Args:
@@ -54,15 +50,8 @@ def get_scans(response: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
 
     Returns:
         scans: Dictionary of the scans.
-
-    Raises:
-        VirusTotalApiError: In case the API request encountered problems.
     """
-    if response.get("response_code") == 204 and response.get("error") is not None:
-        raise VirusTotalApiError()
-    elif response.get("response_code") == 0 or "results" not in response:
-        raise VirusTotalApiError()
-    elif response["results"]["response_code"] == 1:
+    if response.get("results", {}).get("response_code") == 1:
         return response["results"]["scans"]
     else:
         return None
diff --git a/tests/test_agent.py b/tests/test_agent.py
index bcc5221..d37f683 100644
--- a/tests/test_agent.py
+++ b/tests/test_agent.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 from typing import Any
 import requests_mock as rq_mock
 
-import pytest
 from ostorlab.agent.message import message as msg
 from pytest_mock import plugin
 
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def virustotal_url_valid_response(url: str, timeout: int) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return response
 
 
-def testVirusTotalAgent_whenVirusTotalApiReturnsValidResponse_noRaiseVirusTotalApiError(
+def testVirusTotalAgent_whenVirusTotalApiReturnsValidResponse_noExceptionRaised(
     mocker: plugin.MockerFixture,
     agent_mock: list[msg.Message],
     virustotal_agent: virus_total_agent.VirusTotalAgent,
@@ -85,13 +84,8 @@ def virustotal_valid_response(message: msg.Message) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "virus_total_apis.PublicApi.get_file_report",
         side_effect=virustotal_valid_response,
     )
+    virustotal_agent.process(message)
 
-    try:
-        virustotal_agent.process(message)
-    except virustotal.VirusTotalApiError:
-        pytest.fail(
-            "Unexpected VirusTotalApiError because response is returned with status 200."
-        )
     assert len(agent_mock) == 1
     assert agent_mock[0].selector == "v3.report.vulnerability"
     assert agent_mock[0].data["risk_rating"] == "HIGH"
@@ -130,9 +124,7 @@ def virustotal_invalid_response(message: msg.Message) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "virus_total_apis.PublicApi.get_file_report",
         side_effect=virustotal_invalid_response,
     )
-    get_scans_mocker = mocker.patch(
-        "agent.virustotal.get_scans", side_effect=virustotal.VirusTotalApiError
-    )
+    get_scans_mocker = mocker.patch("agent.virustotal.get_scans")
 
     virustotal_agent.process(message)
 
@@ -286,7 +278,7 @@ def testVirusTotalAgent_whenFileIsWhitelisted_agentShouldScanFile(
     )
 
 
-def testVirusTotalAgent_whenVirusTotalReachesApiRateLimit_raiseVirusTotalApiError(
+def testVirusTotalAgent_whenVirusTotalReachesApiRateLimit_returnNone(
     virustotal_agent: virus_total_agent.VirusTotalAgent,
     message: msg.Message,
 ) -> None:
@@ -299,8 +291,9 @@ def testVirusTotalAgent_whenVirusTotalReachesApiRateLimit_raiseVirusTotalApiErro
         "response_code": 204,
     }
 
-    with pytest.raises(virustotal.VirusTotalApiError):
-        virustotal.get_scans(response)
+    scans = virustotal.get_scans(response)
+
+    assert scans is None
 
 
 def testVirusTotalAgent_whenWhiteListTypesAreNotProvided_shouldNotCrash(