Test NOW: How Effective is your Anti-Virus?

[mrintech]

No matter whether you are using paid AV or Free AV. Test it's effectiveness Now, simply by following these steps:

1. Open Notepad
2. Copy Paste the Following code in it

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

3. Now save the file having any name
4. Now either TRY to open it or Simply have an Anti-Virus Scan over it
5. Test the effectiveness of your AV

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This is known as EICAR Test


Also Test for the AV Effectiveness using Trojan Simulator: *www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Trojan-Simulator.shtml

 

[iinfi]

i think this stuff has been posted b4 ... never mind .. new users will be benefited.

but this only tells whether the av engine is running or not. Its effectiveness cannot be tested with this!!!

 

[jax_diu]

will this effect my pc?

 

[mrintech]

Yo! I found using this: *www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=download+test+virus&btnG=Google+Search&aq=2&oq=download+test+

will this effect my pc?

NOPE

It's completely safe

 

[Faun]

it got pwnd

 

[mrintech]

it got pwnd

What this means?

 

[naveen_reloaded]

OLd one ..... Very old one ...


anyway KIS 2009 rocks.....


here is is how...



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[mrintech]

Old is Gold

 

[chesss]

hmmm even windows defender detected this..

 

[skippednote]

Old thing
you should have tried a trogen instead......lol

 

[desiibond]

avast worked fine and also it didn't allow me to download trojan simlator. hurrah!!

 

[apoorva84]

my antivir works fine...also, naveen, great desktop...

 

[pc_game_lover2004]

good i did this test a long ago

 

[skeletor]

*yawn* old thing...

 

[toofan]

good one, may be old for some but not for many.

 

[comp@ddict]

^^double(yawning is contagious anyways lolz)

 

[mrintech]

good one, may be old for some but not for many.

for me it is OLD too... Just shared

 

[gopi_vbboy]

NOD32-done-deleted

 

[skippednote]

So my Media Player AntiVirus(AVAST) also found it.

 

[Cool G5]

Old one. Mostly all Av's should detect it.