Test Your Antivirus if its Working?

Posted by Prem Godara | 1/31/2009 09:12:00 PM | , | 0 comments »

You have anti virus software installed on your system but don't know whether its working properly? Then here's a trick which will help you to find out whether your anti virus software is working.

Open notepad application and paste the below

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

Save the file as eicar.com.

If the anti virus software stopped you, then it means its working.

Don't worry, the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR) have asked anti virus researchers to program the software to recognize this as a threat even tough it's completely harmless.



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