3.1.4. Virus Detection Test |
To check the functionality of the plug-in virus detection capabilities and its default configuration, it is recommended to use the EICAR (European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research) test file. The test file consists of a text string 68 or 70 bytes long, it is not a virus, it cannot replicate and does not contain any payload, however, it is recognized by anti-virus software as a virus. You can download the test file from the EICAR website (http://www.eicar.org) or create it yourself. To create the EICAR test file: •Create a text file with the following string: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* •Save the file with a extension (you can use any name, e.g. ), attach it to an email message and send it to any test email address. The received message should contain an attached text file with the suffix and the following contents:
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