December 9, 200421 yr Sometimes you want to just check if your AntiVirus is working.Save the following into a text-file:X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*And rename to eicar.comNorton AntiVirus should immediately detect it - in my case it automatically deleted the file even as it was being saved. More information: http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
December 9, 200421 yr what type of virus have we created in doing that?ooo, yay. my antirus virus deffs are still good
December 9, 200421 yr That's been around for years... I test it on my school's computers every once and a while!
December 9, 200421 yr i dont even get 2 copy it 2 a txt file soon as i copy the selected code, nod32 detects it as a virus
December 15, 200421 yr At first I was shocked because Pc-cillin didn't detect it. But as always I am always making mistakes, I have't copied the whole text, this is why it wasn't detected
December 15, 200421 yr Out of interest, whilst I know it is harmless and my AV picked it up, what happens on a PC where it isnt detected for whatever reason?Does any message appear? Interested incase I can use it as a generic anti-virus test, wondered if there was any message along the lines of "hehe you have no AV" to verify it had run in the first place, you never know with some PCs
December 16, 200421 yr Author If you have no anti-virus, then nothing will happen. The file will just run/open like an un-infected file. You will have to say "hehe... no AV" yourself!
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