How to Make Sure Your Antivirus is Working

[Internet Doctor]

EICAR Test File

What is EICAR?
Antivirus software detects viruses based on signature definitions,
i.e. known strings of code with a specific algorithm employed to
create the individual definitions. EICAR is a non-viral string of code
that most antivirus software have included in their signature
definition files. EICAR allows users to check whether their antivirus
software is running. For example, if you try to open EICAR.COM, if
your realtime protection feature is enabled the antivirus software
should generate an alert. You can also manually scan EICAR to test
your manual (on-demand) scanner.

How do I create EICAR? An EICAR test file can be easily created using
any text editor, i.e. Notepad. Copy and paste the following line into
a blank Notepad file:

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

Next, save this file as EICAR.COM. It is now ready for testing. In
fact, if your active protection was working properly, the simple act
of saving the file should have triggered an alert

[asif4umcp]

Thanks Team,

It works for me, and my antivirus is working now.

Thanks for the tip.