ANTIVIRUS CHECK
>> Open Notepad and copy this text:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
>>the text should be in one horizontal line (untick wordwrap)
>>Then save file as "eicar.com" including quotation-marks
After some seconds of saving this file your antivirus should come up with the message that this file is infected by virus and asking permission for its deletetion/clean.
This file is secure and its not gonna infect your computer in whatever way.It is a standart text developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR).
Every antivirus is programed to load this file as a virus.
If your antivirus is not going to hack this file as a virus ,in your screen will appear DOS window with this text EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE".If
this happens then you should probably find some other Antivirus up to date,meaning your PC might
already being infected from viruses and your current antivirus do not recognize them.
If your antivirus is not going to hack this file as a virus ,in your screen will appear DOS window with this text EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE".If
this happens then you should probably find some other Antivirus up to date,meaning your PC might
already being infected from viruses and your current antivirus do not recognize them.
hey buddy i did as u said and it worked
ReplyDeleteit came up with this msg-
mcafee has automatically blocked and quartantined an infected file on your computer. you can restore quartantined files from the restore pane in security centre.
so pls tell me wat is quartantined??
quarantined means that your antivirus that is
ReplyDeleteMcAfee has put the file under its supervision rather than deleting it..
So from a quarantined file virus cannot spread and all contact with computer of that file is broken..
hope I answered your question successfully.
thanks.
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