Have you ever wondered that is your Antivirus working properly? Do you want to ensure that your antivirus works properly? So don't worry we have got a perfect working solution which will make you to Check Effectiveness of your Antivirus.The test for this purpose is called EICAR Test. This test is used by many antivirus developers to find whether there antivirus is working properly or not.Here is a step-by-step procedure to test your antivirus:
1. Open a new text document, Click start menu go to run and type wordpad or notepad
Type there the following code and save it as virustestfile.com
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
2. Now run Anti virus scan
If your anti virus detects it as a virus then your Anti virus is working properly and If it does not detect it as a virus then your anti virus is not effective and you need to look for alternatives
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