How to verify that your virus scanning software is working
Published June 27th, 2006 in the following Categories:Anti-Virus Software
Lifehacker (one of my favorite sites) has created shows you a simple way of testing your anti-virus software.
They created use a harmless file that should be detected by your virus-scanning software. And they’ve provided simple instructions on how to use it to test whether your anti-virus software can detect virus-infected files via email and even in a zip file.
They’ve even recommended a free, updatable, virus-scanning software package called Clamwin.
The article is a must-read.
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actually lifehacker created no such thing - they simply wrote about an existing way to test if your anti-virus product is working… the eicar standard anti-virus test file is quite old and was created by people working on behalf of the european institute for computer anti-virus research…
You are correct! I have amended the original post to reflect that.
Thanks for pointing it out.