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appendix ii

THE EICAR TEST “VIRUS”

ABOUT THE EICAR TEST FILE

The EICAR* Standard Anti-virus Test File is safe to use for test purposes

because it is not a virus, and does not include any fragments of viral code. It is

a legitimate DOS program that consists entirely of printable ASCII characters.

The ﬁle lets you simulate safely what happens when Sophos Anti-Virus detects

malicious code. When you attempt to run the ﬁle, it will be “detected” as though

it were a real virus and (customizable) alert messages will be generated.

Using the EICAR ﬁle, you can also see the various kinds of report that can be

generated.

You can download a copy of the test ﬁle at www.eicar.org

Note

Because the EICAR ﬁle is not a

real virus, it cannot be cleaned

by Sophos Anti-Virus and you will

need to delete the ﬁle manually

APPENDIX II THE EICAR TEST “VIRUS”

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