Test Your Anti-Virus Softwares Here

First, create a new text file and paste the following code into it:

Code:

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

Then save the text as a .COM file (any name will do, like eicar.com).Either scan the file manually or the auto protect feature of most AV programs should have already caught it.

While it does register as a virus under any reliable virus scanner, it is a completely benign file that will not harm, attach to files, or replicate and spread over networks.

My avg free failed to auto detect this so have recently switched over to Kav,but is still taking 5 seconds to detect on saving as txt file.

The whole point of the EICAR test is to see if an anti-virus program has been infected. If the anti-virus program doesn't detect the string, then there is a chance a virus has done something nasty to it.

edit: changed over to nod 32 and file is now instantly saved and quarantined.