Humpty Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 A simple, fun and harmless way to see if your AV is working. 1. Open a new text file (New Text Document.txt). 2. Copy and paste this code into it: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* 3. Rename it to whatever.com . You shouldn't even have to run it - changing the name of the file should be enough to activate your AV - but running (opening) it is harmless and should generate the same warning. Borrowed from here KAV kills it no probs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted August 10, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 10, 2006 Just about an good av should detect it, and I highly recommend trying the EICAR test. It's good to try when switching to a new anti-virus, anti-trojan, anti-spyware product just so that one can get used to it's dialogs for dealing with a test virus, versus waiting for the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Yeah, it an standard test file that all antivirus software detect, so that people can verify that their software is correctly installed and configured and works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eicar_test_file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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