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Has Your Anti-Virus Been Compromised?

 
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LeeBe
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:02 pm    Post subject: Has Your Anti-Virus Been Compromised? Reply with quote
Do you think you might have a virus on your machine? Not sure if your AV is doing its job? Well, here’s a simple test.

First, create a new text file and paste the following code into it:

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


Then save the text as a .COM file (any name will do, like eicar.com). Either scan the file manually or the auto protect feature of most AV programs should have already caught it. (My SAV caught it immediately upon saving it as a .txt file.)

This test string is a way to test to see if an anti virus program is not working. It was created by the anti-virus industry as a standardized test and should not be taken to be an effective measurement of your anti viruses ability.

The whole point of the EICAR test is to see if an anti-virus program has been infected. If the anti-virus program doesn't detect the string, then there is a chance a virus has done something nasty to it. This was only meant as an internal test for developers though, not for end users. Also, this doesn’t mean that your system is free of viruses. Just that your AV is working to the best of it capabilities.
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roba
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah my a/v works, F-Prot denied access to created txt and complained even when I was deleting it. Razz

Nice test. Very Happy
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