anti_virus:eicar_test_file
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| The EICAR test file is recognized by the majority of anti-virus programs as a test virus. | The EICAR test file is recognized by the majority of anti-virus programs as a test virus. | ||
| - | It consists entirely of printable ASCII characters, so that it can easily be created with a regular text editor. | + | * It consists entirely of printable ASCII characters, so that it can easily be created with a regular text editor. |
| - | + | * Any anti-virus product that supports the EICAR test file should detect it in any file providing that the file starts with the following 68 characters, and is exactly 68 bytes long. | |
| - | It is very useful for testing as doing so against a real virus could be extremely dangerous. | + | |
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