Friday, 30 November 2012

To Check if your Anti-Virus is Working

‎"To Check if your Anti-Virus is Working"

Open Notepad.
Now Copy this code in the text file….

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

Then save it with the name fakevirus.exe

Now, If the File got Detected Immediately .. It means your Antivirus is working Properly.

Info : This test virus was developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) to provide an easy (and safe!) way to test whether your antivirus
software is working, and see how it reacts when a virus is detected. It is supported by most leading vendors, such as IBM, Avast, McAfee, Sophos, and
Symantec/Norton

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