Here is a simple method to check if your antivirus program is working properly or not. Follow the steps below.
Open Notepad and copy the text given below.
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Save file as "checkantivirus.com" including quotation-marks. (not necessary to be same as this file name, but save it in extension .com
Seconds after saving this file, your Anti-Virus should come with the message that this file is infected with virus asking permission for its deletion/clean.
This file is secure and it’s not going to infect your computer in any way. It is a standard text developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR). Every Anti-Virus is programmed to load this file as a virus.
If your Anti-Virus will not detecting this file as a virus, then you should probably find some other Anti-Virus up to date. It means that your PC might already being infected from viruses and your current Anti-Virus does not recognize them.
Sam
1 comments:
wov it worked like charm thanks
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