Thread: Check active ability your Antivirus Software [girlcelly]
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Old 05-22-2008, 06:25 AM   #10
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Default Re: Check active ability your Antivirus Software [girlcelly]
Quote: Originally Posted by girlcelly View Post
Today, I will guide all of you how to creat a virtual virus with purpose to check active ability your Antivirus software ^^
Don't worry about virtual virus, it is a "real" virus but it is not destroy data or make a bug on Operating system
1- Run NotePad or WorldPad
2- Enter Code here into NotePad/WorldPad

3- Then you must save this file with a name is test (or anything you like) and type file is .exe or .com
4- Immediate, your Antivirus software will appear a alert dialog box with content: file test.exe is a Virus. Do you want to delete test.exe ? Then your Antivirus software will delete this file.
5- If your Antivirus software didn't appear aleart dialog box, meaning your Antvirus software is not working good, I think you must update for this software or change a new Antivirus software
Have fun ^^
lol? I know this string since a long time ago, it's called eicar's test string.
Official website:
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
and here's a write up by norton http://www.symantec.com/security_res...121611-3209-99
Besides that "5- If your Antivirus software didn't appear alert dialog box, meaning your Antivirus software is not working good, I think you must update for this software or change a new Antivirus software" has nothing to do with it, since it's not a real virus, it's a test string made to check your av, but some companies have not added it, since they see no reason in it, since it's not harmful.

But I know most av programs detect it. When the file is saved it will likely make a pop-up in a random color, where it says it's a test string.

Btw, I must warn some people, some av programs, can think it is a virus, but it will not be sure, so you will maybe not be able to delete the file, so therefore I recommend you don’t place the file on your desktop.

have fun.

For the fun I got it scanned by 32 av programs, here are the results. So if you don't feel like downloading it, just check if your av program detects it.

All those numbers is the date the av program was last updated.

Spoiler!