prathapml Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sven Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 what type of virus have we created in doing that?ooo, yay. my antirus virus deffs are still good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 That's been around for years... I test it on my school's computers every once and a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 yay avg 7 free edition detected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 i dont even get 2 copy it 2 a txt file soon as i copy the selected code, nod32 detects it as a virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 zonealarm picked it up after I renamed the txt file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 zonealarm picked it up after I renamed the txt file.the same for bitdefender8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_nf Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 my mcafee caught the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pob Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 N I S picked it up straight away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicfly Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 my great kaspersky found that and cleaned...very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntgp2000 Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendipjohn Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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