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How to test your Antivirus.

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by AcroneSF, Oct 18, 2009.

  1. AcroneSF

    AcroneSF Well-Known Member

    Copy and paste the code below into notepad:
    Code:
    X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
    (The text should be in one line.)

    Save file as "checkantivirus.com" including quotation-marks

    A few seconds after saving this file, your Anti-Virus should come with the message that this file is infected with virus asking permission for its deletion/clean.

    *** This file is secure and its not going to infect your computer in whatever way. It is a standard text developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR). Every Anti-Virus is programed to load this file as a virus.***

    If your Anti-Virus will not detect this file as a virus, a program will appear as DOS window with this text EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE.
    If this happens then you should probably find some other Anti-Virus up to date as you are not fully protected.

    For example,
    As soon as i saved it...
    BOOM!
    [​IMG]
     
  2. MadmanNero

    MadmanNero Well-Known Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    Mine blocked it right off as well that was pretty cool.
     
  3. meganova

    meganova Well-Known Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    Mine say hi to it. ;D
     
  4. Mikiie

    Mikiie Well-Known Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    Avira detected straight away
    :D
     
  5. diskjocki

    diskjocki Well-Known Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    Huh. NOD32 detected straight away, interesting.
     
  6. kukuru

    kukuru Well-Known Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    Cool!

    very interesting.
     
  7. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    problem is a bollocks AV could still be programmed to recognise this. Its a double edged sword.
     
  8. callumsalter

    callumsalter Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    [​IMG]
    Cool
     
  9. theunderling

    theunderling Well-Known Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    It did
     
  10. AcroneSF

    AcroneSF Well-Known Member

    Re: [Tutorial] - How to test your Antivirus.

    That may be but its still handy none the less.
     
  11. Born2killx

    Born2killx Well-Known Member

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file
     
  12. AcroneSF

    AcroneSF Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the info
     
  13. CurzedEye

    CurzedEye New Member

    thanks for the help
     
  14. karlsanada10

    karlsanada10 Well-Known Member

    Thanks! Nod32 deleted it after I press save.
     
  15. Croassassin

    Croassassin Well-Known Member

    dam mine didnt detect shit lol
    even when i scaned it could be coz it knows i made it or something so idunno
     
  16. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    or because its not a proper antivirus. I would change it.
     
  17. mikeac

    mikeac Well-Known Member

    Yay! Norton doesn't suck!

    When I finish that subscription, it's off to Kapersky to test my 6 month subscription.
    Then AVG if it doesn't detect it.
    THEN if that doesn't work...
    I'll try nod32, Avira, Webroot, or AntiVir Guard.


    AND don't tell me how Norton eats up RAM and VM (Virtual Memory). I have four GB of RAM and half of that is free, and my VM is 1GB free. IDC how much PageFile I have because IDK what it does.
     
  18. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    norton does suck. Just because it detects the test virus does not mean its any good.
     
  19. mikeac

    mikeac Well-Known Member

    I know.
    I meant it works.
    It detects someone attacking my computer with a portscan, and I once downloaded a virus by accident with an alleged Registry Cleaner that messed up my internet connection, then Norton killed it.

    PLUS IDFC about the VM and RAM, like I said before.
    I have a lot on my HP Pavilion.

    On my old Fujitsu computer, however, I use AVG.
    Because it only had 1 gig of Ram, and it had hardware issues...

    And on my XP, I can barely even use that, only 512 MB if RAM.

    I can't wait till my Windows 7 gets here, then I could thrash Norton.
     
  20. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Norton has extremely poor detection rates and even worse disinfection rates.