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By: Devaraj

Devaraj — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:31:41 +0000

Quick Heal Antivirus 2010 is working well

Thankx

By: Dontay

Dontay — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:38:45 +0000

Avast removed the file before i can even save it properly so its working grate!!!!!

By: Baseball Handicapping

Baseball Handicapping — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:34:12 +0000

This seemed to work well for me even though I use ccleaner and avg for most of my needs.

By: Shank

Shank — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:51:40 +0000

Avira Antivir didn’t even allow me to open the file.. :(

.. but rather deleted it quickly :)

Thx for this info…

By: justin case

justin case — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:24:14 +0000

so did antivir 7 free edition

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Test your Anti-virus program : Tech Tips — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:42:24 +0000

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By: CGW3

CGW3 — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:12:35 +0000

I figured I would test out my anti-virus software (NOD32) with the technique
So I created a text file, entered the line of code, and saved the text file.

Next to rename it, I right clicked it to try and rename, and straight away NOD32 flashed up a warning, telling there was a problem and that the file was moved to quarantine.

So score 1 for NOD32, it did not even require the file to execute, simply me attempting to rename it…with it containing dangerous code. :o)

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 04:32:34 +0000

Great post! Those of you who administer e-mail servers may be interested in the GTUBE (Generic Test for Unsolicited Bulk Email).
http://spamassassin.apache.org/gtube
It is the spam filter equivalent to EICAR.

By: Riley

Riley — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 21:04:59 +0000

Interesting, I guess it couldn’t hurt. I use Avast with Adaware, Spywareblaster and Search and Destroy. Am I missing anything? OH and sypware doctor too.

By: kurt wismer

kurt wismer — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:02:56 +0000

indeed – the eicar standard anti-virus test file is not meant to show how good a scanner is at detecting viruses (that would require hundreds of thousands of files, not just one), instead it is meant to show whether or not your anti-virus product is installed properly and/or functioning properly…

i must say, however, that the advice to switch to a different product if your current one doesn’t detect the file is a little wrong-headed… your current product could be missing it precisely because it’s not installed properly or has become broken somehow… the eicar standard anti-virus test file is supported by practically ALL anti-virus vendors so if your product fails to detect it the chances are better that there’s something wrong with your installation of the product than there being something wrong with the product itself…

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:28:00 +0000

Max that is why i wrote: This does not necessarily mean that it will detect every virus that exists but it means that it is working. :)

By: Max

Max — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:12:02 +0000

But this doesn’t really test you virus scanner for other viruses. This is a popular file that virus scanners detect and it isn’t even a virus. So virus makers make sure this test file is always found. If your virus scanner finds this file, it just means that it can detect an EICAR test file. Doesn’t mean it will detect most other viruses.