Test Your Antivirus Program

Did you install the antivirus on the computer (windows)? If so, what if we want to test the performance of the antivirus? Can only use the real virus, but very risky. What if the anti virus does not detect? The virus will spread in the computer. Following standard antivirus test that can be done easily for the performance of resident shield feature (feature that perform antivirus monitor in real time to the work of a program / process).

This test is provided by EICAR A security expert organizations in Europe. This test is distributed as the "EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File". This file is safe, because it is not a virus, and does not include the code a bit dangerous. Anti-virus will recognize as "EICAR-AV-Test" or the similar.

Here's how:

1. Open Notepad
2. Type or paste the text below:
   X5O! P% @ AP [4 \ PZX54 (P ^) 7CC) 7) $ EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE! $ H + H *
3. Save with the extension. Com. For example, "Eicar.com" (When the save select "Save as type" to "All Files", then in notepad, save it with quotation marks, for example, "EICAR.COM").
4. If anti-virus running well, then the file before running any antivirus will recognize. If not, then run the file with a double click or through a DOS Prompt

On the computer that I use, both antivirus (Avira Antivir, and AVG) detect well. Next detect when the display:

Next view avira antivir test to detect when these files:

File is a DOS program, and will generate / display any posts "EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!".
If you'd like to know what the purpose bizarre characters above, please read this article: THE ANTI-VIRUS OR ANTI-Malware TEST FILE(http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm)