gHacks technology news » av http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Test your Anti-virus program http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/01/test-your-anti-virus-program/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/01/test-your-anti-virus-program/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:07:33 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/01/test-your-anti-virus-program/ Do you know that your anti-virus solution is working ? You could try to test your anti-virus program against the EICAR (European Expert Group for IT-Security) test file to see if it reacts the way it should. All you need to do is create the testfile and scan it with your virus scanner. If the scanner detects something it is working as intended, if it does not you should consider changing immediately to a more reliable one.

Creating the file is pretty simple. Just create a new text file and paste the following line of code into it: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

Save the file and rename it to test.com. When executed it displays the message EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE. No harm will be done to your system if you accidentally execute the file. To test your virus scanner right-click the file and select to test it with your software.

You could also pack it and test it or send it to your email account to test the interaction between virus scanner and email client. After the test finishes you do know if your virus scanner is working as intended and able to detect viruses on your system. This does not necessarily mean that it will detect every virus that exists but it means that it is working.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/01/01/test-your-anti-virus-program/feed/ 10 Antivirus Test http://www.ghacks.net/2006/01/06/antivirus-test/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/01/06/antivirus-test/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:33:04 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=269 overclockers.com might help you in your decision. They tested Desktop and Online Antivirus solutions and give recommendations at the end.]]> Everyone seems to favor a different antivirus software and its hard to make a choice because of this. A little test from the guys at overclockers.com might help you in your decision. They tested Desktop and Online Antivirus solutions and give recommendations at the end.

They used one virus file which is about 50 megs unzipped and contains more than 10000 virii. The software that found the most got their recommendation which is not the best criteria if you ask me. There should be other factors like system resource use (never use Norton if you want a fast system), updates, type of virii found aso. But its a good test to see how your favorite AV handles this infested files.

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