Check your Antivirus whether it is working or not ?

by Simrandeep Singh on August 11, 2008

Sometimes we have certain doubts that whether we our protected with our antivirus or not ?, if it is working or not ? But dont worry you can easily check your antivirus if it is working or not by this simple trick.

  1. First of all, Open your notepad.
  2. Now paste the following code in your notepad

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

  3. Now save it as virus.exe (or anyname.exe).
  4. If your antivirus detects the virus, it means your antivirus is working otherwise change your antivirus.

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Rahul Solanki January 28, 2011 at 9:53 pm

sorry not works

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