EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File (EICAR) is a safe file developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) for testing anitvirus software. It is commonly used to
1. Confirm that the antivirus software is installed correctly
2. Demonstrate what happens when a virus is found
3. Check internal procedures and reactions when a virus is found
Your antivirus software detects EICAR as if it were a real virus.
EICAR is a good way to get familiar with your antivirus software. The EICAR test file is available in the following four formats:
1. eicar.com: EICAR test file.
2. eicar.com.txt: Copy of eicar.com with a different file name.
3. eicar_com.zip: EICAR ZIP file for testing compressed files.
4. eicarcom2.zip: An archive which contains the eicar_com.zip file for testing nested compressed files.
To download the EICAR test files, visit the EICAR test file page.
Or you may make the test file by copying the following line into its own text file, and then name it EICAR.TXT:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
When done, you will have a 69-byte or 70-byte virus test file.
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