To test if your antivirus is in good shape you should try this:
Open Notepad and Copy this text:
X5O!P%@AP[4/PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
the text should be in one horizontal line.
Then save file as "eicar.com" including quotation-marks.
After some seconds your antivirus should come up with the message that this file is infected with virus.
This file is secure and will not infect your computer in any way.
This Standard text is developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR). Every antivirus is programed to load this file as a virus.
If your antivirus failed to hack this file as virus, you will get DOS window with this text
EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE.
If this happens then you should probably find some other Antivirus.
Open Notepad and Copy this text:
X5O!P%@AP[4/PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
the text should be in one horizontal line.
Then save file as "eicar.com" including quotation-marks.
After some seconds your antivirus should come up with the message that this file is infected with virus.
This file is secure and will not infect your computer in any way.
This Standard text is developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR). Every antivirus is programed to load this file as a virus.
If your antivirus failed to hack this file as virus, you will get DOS window with this text
EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE.
If this happens then you should probably find some other Antivirus.
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