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Virus:DOS/EICAR_Test_File

First posted on 15 February 2019.
Source: Microsoft

Aliases :

Virus:DOS/EICAR_Test_File is also known as EICAR, EICAR-Test-File, EICAR Test String, Eicartest, Eicar_test_file, EICAR-Test-File, EICAR-AV-Test, Eicar_test_file.

Explanation :

This file is not malicious.

It is used to check that your security software is working properly.

If you downloaded this file and continue to get warnings from your security software about it, you can manually delete or remove it.

Some security software might put this file on your PC to test that it's working correctly. If you have multiple security software installed, you may encounter errors as they all try to clean the same file.

Additional information

The EICAR file is a simple file that contains only the following characters:

X5O!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

For more information see http://www.eicar.org/.

Last update 15 February 2019

 

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