Verify that your virus scanner is working

[tdinc]

I believe I may have posted this once before a few years ago...Its worth testing your Anti-Virus.

My Personal Result: I placed it on my desktop
AVG Scan picked it up deleted it and placed it in the Vault in an instant.

The EICAR virus test is a harmless text file that is detected as a virus by most AV vendors. You can use it to verify that your local virus scanner is working (just copy the string into a plain text file), check to see if your email server scans for viruses (email yourself a copy), and test if scanners detect viruses inside archives (put it inside a zip file).

www.eicar.org

 

[_kC_]

avg allowed it to even get on your hard drives????? LOL


www.nod32.com

 

[tdinc]

as I stated..i placed it on the desktop and it detected it..:smoker:

 

[j79zlr]

AVG only scans files when they are executed, which is why it is low on resources. A manual scan or trying to open the file will cause AVG to quarantine/delete it.

 

[ming]

heh... nod won't even let me download it from the site, popup msg alerts me to terminate the link to the site.

 

[Dublex]

Although interestingly, AVG does pre-scan e-mails before they are delivered ala Norton.

I just wish symantec would fix the "slap things everywhere" nature of their products as I might actually reinstall them (I have NAV and systemworks pro 06 currently off drive due to them breaking)

 

[Henyman]

avg allowed it to even get on your hard drives????? LOL


www.nod32.com

yes, but stoped it imediatly when it was executed as said by j79zlr. gota love the minimal resources that avg uses :smoker:

 

[omg its nlm]

I don't think this test will work that good for me since I don't use Anti-Virus.