What do you think? How effectively does it work for your security?
Well there is a sipmple ways to find it out. In fact this trick is really amazing and surprising.
To Test your Anti-Virus do the following:
- Open Notepad (start > all programs > accessories > notepad)
- Now copy this code in the text file
- Then save it with the name fakevirus.exe
Now, if the file got detected/deleted immediately, it means your antivirus is working properly.
Info: This test virus was developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-VirusResearch (EICAR) to provide an easy (and safe!) way to test whether your anti-virus software is working, and see how it reacts when a virus is detected. It is supported by most leading vendors, such as IBM, McAfee, Sophos, and Symantec/Norton.
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