Check whether your Antivirus works well...using a Fake Virus

You can check whether your anti-virus software works fine by using a ‘fake virus’. This virus is not a real one. Therefore it cannot harm your computer. This testing is called eicar test.

First open up your Notepad or any text editor. Then carefully type the code below; this should be in single line. ok.

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

Then save the file. The file name should be “eicar.com”. Give the file type as “All Files”.

Result: If the existing anti-virus program in your computer works correctly and accordingly to the standards, it should trigger a warning alert at the very first moment when the fake virus is saved..!

(This test can be used only on the virus guards produced under the regulations of “European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR)”. Most of the virus guards are produced under this regulation)

Try and check…