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1. You can download the EICAR test file from
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/virus-info/eicar_test_file.shtml
Alternatively, use any text editor to create the file with the following
single line in it:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS
-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
2. Save this file to any name with a .com extension, for example
EICAR.COM. Make sure that you save the file in the standard
MS-DOS ASCII format. Note also that the third character of the
extension is an upper-case O, not numeral 0.
3. Now you can use this file to see what it looks like when F-Secure
Client Security detects a virus. Naturally, the file is not a virus. When
executed without any virus protection, EICAR.COM displays the text
'EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!' and exits.
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