Test your Antivirus Working or not !!



Have you ever wondered how to test your Antivirus software to ensure it’s proper working? Well here is a quick and easy way to test your antivirus. The process is called EICAR test which will work on any antivirus.

Eicar Test Code
& Instructions are below:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


1. Copy & Paste this code on Nodepad,
2. Rename the file from New Text Document.TXT to myfile.com

3. Now run the antivirus scan on this myfile.com file.

N.B. :  Most antivirus will pop-out a warning message in the Step-1 itself...
if it say that it is a virus than your antivirus is ok and u are safe.If not quicly update or change your antivirus.
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