Friday, 9 September 2011

Trick to Check Your AntiVirus Program

You cann test your anti virus program for its effectiveness using a
simple notepad. trick.
Follow the steps below to know more:


* Open Notepad.
* Copy the code give below in the notepad file:
X5O!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
* Save it with an .exe extension like testvirus.exe


As soon as you save this file, your anti virus program will detect the
file (virus) immediately and will attempt to delete it. If this
happens then your Antivirus is working properly. If not, then its time
to look for some other reliable program.
NOTE: The EICAR test file (#3) is a 16-bit application and cannot be
run on 64-bit versions of Windows. 

Avinash Gupta

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