Testing Your Configuration - McAfee WebShield e500 Installation Manual

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Testing your configuration

We recommend that you conduct the following tests (depending on the
proxies you have enabled) to verify that the WebShield e500 Appliance is
correctly integrated with your network:
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These tests use a special test file that has been developed by the European
Institute of Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR), a coalition of anti-virus
vendors headquartered in Europe.
To create the EICAR test file:
1. Open a standard text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad.
2. Create a new text file, if necessary, and then type the following line:
3. Save the text file with the name EICAR.COM. The file size will be
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"Test 1: Verifying that e-mail messages (SMTP) are scanned and
delivered correctly" on page
"Test 2: Verifying that file transfers (FTP) are scanned correctly" on page
52.
"Test 3: Verifying that web browsing (HTTP) is scanned correctly" on
page 52.
"Test 4: Verifying that mail downloads (POP3) are scanned correctly" on
page 53.
IMPORTANT: The EICAR test file does not contain a virus — it cannot
spread or infect other files, or otherwise harm your system. Delete the file
when you have finished testing your installation to avoid alarming other
users.
Ensure that you disable the anti-virus software on the computer that you
are using to create the EICAR test file, so that the anti-virus software does
not remove the EICAR test file.
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-
ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
NOTE: The line shown above should appear as a single line in your
text editor window.
approximately 70 bytes.
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McAfee WebShield e500 Appliance version 2.5