Chapter 7. Testing Operation Of Kaspersky Anti-Virus; Test "Virus" Eicar And Its Modifications - KAPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS 5.0 - FOR WINDOWS WORKSTATIONS Administrator's Manual

CHAPTER 7. TESTING
OPERATION OF KASPERSKY
ANTI-VIRUS
7.1. Test "virus" EICAR and its
modifications
After installing and adjusting Kaspersky Anti-Virus, we recommend that you test
the correctness of its settings and operation of the application using a test "virus"
or its modifications.
The test virus was specially designed by the
European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research) for testing anti-virus
products.
The test "virus" IS NOT ACTUALLY A VIRUS because it does not contain code
that can really harm your computer. However, most anti-virus products identify
this file as a virus.
Never use real viruses for testing the operation of an anti-virus product!
You can download the test "virus" from the official website of the EICAR
organization at http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm. If you have no
Internet connection, you can create your own test "virus." To create a test "virus,"
type the following string in any text editor and save the file as eicar.com:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-
FILE!$H+H*
The file downloaded from the EICAR website or created as described above
contains the body of a standard test "virus." Kaspersky Anti-virus application will
detect it, assign it to the Infected category, and apply the action defined by the
administrator for handling objects belonging to that type.
To test the response of your anti-virus application to other types of objects,
modify the body of this standard test "virus" by adding one of the prefixes listed in
Table 3.
organization (The