Test whether your Antivirus is working properly or not

Are you sure that your Antivirus software is really doing its job properly? If not, do you know how to test an Antivirus software whether it is working properly or not? Well in this post you'll find an easy and safe method to test you Antivirus software.

The test was designed by the European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research, and the process is called as EICAR Test. This test was developed for the Antivirus programmers to test their Antivirus software without having to deal with the real computer worms and viruses which can cause damage to the product or the computer. The test can also be used by the individuals to test their computer's Antivirus software.

You just have to follow the simple steps given below to test your Antivirus:

• Open a new file in notepad and copy the following code as it is in the notepad

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

• After that save the file with any name, say tnt4geeks, and with extension .com, for example say tnt4geeks.com

• Now run Antivirus scan on the file tnt4geeks.com

If your Antivirus is working properly then it will generate a warning message and blocks or delete the tnt4geeks.com file immediately. Also some Antiviruses shows the warning message in the step 2 itself, without explicit scanning of the file.

Note: This code do not harm your computer in any form though the Antivirus treats it as a malicious code.