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How to test your AntiVirus software

Have you ever wondered if your anti-virus software is really working?Would you like to see what happens when it detects a virus? Here's asafe way to test your computer's virus protection that doesn't requireyou to have a real virus.

First, open Notepad. Then copy and paste into it the text on the line below. (It should all be on one line.)

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

Then select File, Save, select All Files for the file type, then save the file as eicar.com.

Youranti-virus software may prevent you from saving the file as eicar.com,which is a sign that it is working effectively. If it doesn't raise analert, try scanning the folder where you saved eicar.com. To see whathappens if you try to run a file containing a virus, double-clickeicar.com to open it.

Explanation

The file eicar.com youhave created is completely safe. It is not a virus. It is a standardtest file developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virusResearch (EICAR). All anti-virus products are programmed to detect thisfile as if it was a real virus. Therefore you can safely use it to testwhether your anti-virus software works, without fear of infecting yourcomputer.

If your anti-virus product should fail to prevent youfrom running the file, it will simply display the text"EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE" in a DOS box. No harm will havebeen done, but you should probably consider using a better anti-virusproduct, because if it had been a real virus, your computer would bynow be infected!

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EICAR test file
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The EICAR test file (official name: EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File) is a file, developed by the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research, to test the response of computer antivirus (AV) programs. The rationale behind it is to allow people, companies, and AV programmers to test their software without having to use a real computer virus that could cause actual damage should the AV not respond correctly. EICAR likens the use of a live virus to test AV software to setting a fire in a trashcan to test a fire alarm, and promotes the EICAR test file as a safe alternative.

A compliant virus scanner, when detecting the file, will respond in exactly the same manner as if it found genuinely harmful code. Its use can be more versatile than straightforward detection - for example, a file containing the EICAR test string can be compressed or archived, and then the antivirus software can be run to see whether it can detect the test string in the compressed file.

The file is simply a text file of either 68 or 70 bytes that is a legitimate executable file called a COM file that can run by Microsoft operating systems and some work-alikes, including OS/2. When executed, will print "EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!" and stop. The test string was specifically engineered to consist of ASCII human-readable characters, easily created using a standard computer keyboard. It makes use of self-modifying code to work around technical issues that this constraint makes on the execution of the test string.

The Eicar test string reads:

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
It can be created by using notepad and save as .com extension. Or download via Website of EICAR.

Notes:

The third character in the string is the capital letter O, not a zero.
Although the string itself is 68 bytes in length, some text editors add an extra blank line (CR+LF) to the end of the file, increasing the size to 70 bytes. This does not affect its functionality.

[darenshan54]

My spysweeper detected it. ( auto quarintine)

[+ProjectLight]

my AVG (FREE) detect it..YAY xD

[Nightmar149]

Definitely put this as sticky mods.
This is excellent! Its actually pretty cool if you actually check it out.
I couldn't even save it. I have McAfee Total Protection 2008, and it picked it up right away. Nice going.

[hotboy]

nice works this would be a useful sticky worked on my anti-virus xD

[juegalol]

This should definitely be a sticky.

Sending request.


Amazing find. Thanked + Repped

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Edit: WOW! My AV detected it and deleted it before I even opened it -.- I clicked "save as" and it deleted it already..LOL.


Edit2: eicar | THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-MALWARE TEST FILE

That's the official link to their site and downloads.

[Kohaku]

Woot, Kaspersky detected it =D.

[omglolwtf]

Avira AntiVir free ftw!

Pwned the file like nothing.

[Sean]

hot, kaspersky detected it lol.