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Test your antivirus with the EICAR test file

The eicar test file is a harmless file which can be seen as malicious by your anti-virus. The first way to test is to download the file from EICAR ...

European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR)
Unites industry, media, research, and law enforcement groups against the writing and proliferation of malicious code like computer viruses or Trojan Horses and against computer crime.

Intended use ° EICAR - European Expert Group for IT-Security
Provides a standardized test file for signature based virus detection software. This file can be used to verify the correct operation of antivirus ...

An Examination of the EICAR's Standard A-V Test Program
A DEBUG Tutorial which examines EICAR's Standard AV Test Program ... Download the file now (with a brief text description of the program) from The Starman's Realm: Eicar.zip. ...

How can I tell if ESET NOD32 is working properly? (2.7 ...
Download the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) test file (filename: EICAR.COM) from this page on EICAR's website in order to save it to ...

Anti-viri Test File - O-CuK Forums
I would be VERY untrusting of any AV product that cant pick up eicar's test files, they are publically downloadable, and just text strings. ...