Have you ever wondered how to test your Antivirus software is correctly working or not? Well here is a quick and easy way to test your antivirus software. The process is called EICAR test which will work on any antivirus and was developed by European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research. This process can be used by people, companies and antivirus programmers to test the proper functioning of the antivirus/antimalware software without having to deal with the real computer virus which can cause damage to the computer . Here is a step-by-step procedure to test your antivirus.
1. Open a notepad and paste the given code.
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
2. Now same the file as filename.com or filename.com.txt
This test file has been provided to EICAR for distribution as the “EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File”, and it satisfies all the criteria listed above.
* It is safe to pass around, because it is not a virus, and does not include any fragments of viral code.
The file is a legitimate DOS program, and produces sensible results when run (it prints the message “EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!”)
3. Now run the antivirus scan on this myfile.com file.
If the antivirus is functioning properly on your computer, then it should generate a warning and immediately delete the file upon scanning. Otherwise we can say that your antivirus is not working properly.
1. Open a notepad and paste the given code.
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
2. Now same the file as filename.com or filename.com.txt
This test file has been provided to EICAR for distribution as the “EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File”, and it satisfies all the criteria listed above.
* It is safe to pass around, because it is not a virus, and does not include any fragments of viral code.
The file is a legitimate DOS program, and produces sensible results when run (it prints the message “EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!”)
3. Now run the antivirus scan on this myfile.com file.
If the antivirus is functioning properly on your computer, then it should generate a warning and immediately delete the file upon scanning. Otherwise we can say that your antivirus is not working properly.
