Die2mrw007 Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Have you ever wondered how to test your Antivirus software to ensure it’s proper working? Well here is a quick and easy way to test your antivirus. 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 (New Text Document.TXT) and copy the following code exactly onto it, and save the notepad. EICAR Test code: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* 2. Rename the file from New Text Document.TXT to myfile.com 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 you may have to re-install your antivirus. NOTE: Most antivirus will pop-out a warning message in the Step-1 itself You can also place the myfile.com file in a ZIP or RAR file and run a scan on it so as to ensure whether your antivirus can detect the test string in the compressed archive. Any antivirus when scanning this file will respond exactly as it will do for a genuine virus/malicious code. This test will cause no damage to your computer even though the antivirus will flag it as a malicious script. Hence it is the safest method to test the proper functioning of any antivirus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shashwat Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 die, back to pc?? n btw no antivirus in pc!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die2mrw007 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 die, back to pc?? n btw no antivirus in pc!! Yup, got a friend's PC to use for 2 days... BTW, Microsoft security Essential Antivirus program detected it at Step one itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shashwat Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Yup, got a friend's PC to use for 2 days... BTW, Microsoft security Essential Antivirus program detected it at Step one itself i know its awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Nik007rock♥ Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 yup mine eset nod detected and deleted it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristar Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Yup, got a friend's PC to use for 2 days... BTW, Microsoft security Essential Antivirus program detected it at Step one itself i know its awesome!! using it too its nice, also i use malwarebyte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikShiP Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 My ESET Smart Security deleted it at the moment i saved the .txt file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeetrocks008 Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 :)nice post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Nik007rock♥ Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 My ESET Smart Security deleted it at the moment i saved the .txt file Eset Rocks \m/ \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farazejaz Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 security essentials detected as soon as i saved it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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