Have you ever think that how to test your Antivirus software to know that it working properly or not? Here I give a simple way to test your
antivirus. The process is known as EICAR test which will work on any
antivirus and was developed by European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research.
This process can be used by people, companies and antivirus
programmers to test the proper functioning of the antivirus/antimalware
software without having to deal with the real computer virus which can
cause damage to the computer. Here is a step-by-step procedure to test
your antivirus.
1. Open a notepad (New Text Document.TXT) and copy the following code, and save the notepad.
2. Rename the file as hathacking.txtEICAR Test code:X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
3. Now run your antivirus scan or antivirus automatically detects the virus.
If your antivirus is functioning properly on your computer, then it will give a warning and immediately delete this file. Otherwise your antivirus program is not working properly. You need to update or change your antivirus program.
NOTE: Most antivirus will give a warning message in the Step-1 itself.
