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Test your Anti-Virus using notepad!, 100% safe 0

Coder Himanshu | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 | ,


 Today when computer had developed as compared to few years back, the computer had also became more vulnerable to viruses. The mai

Here's a very simple and totally safe test to see if your anti-virus is working 

Start notepad and create a new document

Copy and paste the red text below (on one single line, nothing before or after)

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

Save this file, doesn't matter where and save it as anything, for example - testmyAV.com, nastyvirus.zip, nod32FTW.com, festerrulez.txt

 Sit back and watch the fun. If your anti-virus doesn't detect the file as infected, usually as the EICAR Test File, then it's a load of old rubbish

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