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Posted by MikeC on Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 7:25PM :

Have you ever wondered if your antivirus software really works? I've used this a lot but I guess until recently I never realized how many others don't know that this exists.

Most AV software vendors include the Eicar test string in their virus definitions. Eicar is NOT a virus, only a test string of characters that the AV software identifies as a virus. I use it whenever I install Symantec or Sophos on a network just to make sure it works like it should.

You can go to www.eicar.org, click on the Antivirus Test File link and test your AV software with the Eicar test files.

After all, you need to keep your computer up to snuff because you get so much information for your Power Wagon from it!

Again, Eicar is NOT a virus or a harmful program-it is only a string of characters that is used to test AV software.



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