How To Check If Your Anti-Virus Is Working Properly Or Not
You may have recently purchased an anti-virus software or have an antivirus software and you believe that it is the best anti-virus software for your computer. You may be wrong!
Most of the anti-virus softwares doesn't even recognize different types of viruses.
Today, we will show you an awesome trick, that will help you to find out, if your anti-virus software is working properly or not.
The method We r going to show you is called as "EICAR test file". Its official name is EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File.
It is a file, developed by the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research, to test the response of computer antivirus programs.
Follow the simple method given below to test your anti-virus program.
* Open Notepad
* Copy The Line Given Below and Paste It In Notepad.
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
* Now Save This File With The Filename "Virus.exe" or "Virus.com" or "Virus.txt"
If your anti-virus program is working properly, it will detect this file within seconds. If your anti-virus has not detected this file, it means that your anti-virus is not working properly. You can update it and check once again with this method or you can uninstall it and install a new anti-virus program.
Just check ur antivirus...
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