How to Test the Working of Antivirus (AV) Software

Dear Friends,

Today I’ll tell you about testing the working of your AntiVirus Software.

This test is called as EICAR test which can be used to test any antivirus and was developed by European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR).

In this way, you don’t need a Virus to test the working of your AntiVirus.

Steps-

(1) Open Notepad and copy the following code into the notepad and save it with any name (with .txt extension).

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

(3) Rename this file to myfile.com

(4) Now run the antivirus scan on this file.

If your AntiVirus is working correctly then it should give a warning message or alert and it will delete the file immediately. If nothing happens then you should change your AV.

Note- Most of the AntiVirus Software will display a warning message in step 1 itself and will remove the file.

That’s all.

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