Testing Virusscan; Testing Activeshield; Testing Scan - McAfee VPM80E005RAA - VirusScan Professional 2004 User Manual

Testing VirusScan

Before initial use of VirusScan, it's a good idea to test your installation. Use the
following steps to separately test the ActiveShield and Scan features.

Testing ActiveShield

To test ActiveShield:
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If ActiveShield is working properly, it detects the eicar.com file immediately after
you click the link. You can try to delete or quarantine infected files to see how
ActiveShield handles viruses. See

Testing Scan

Before you can test Scan, you must disable ActiveShield to prevent it from
detecting the infected files before Scan does, then download the test files.
To download the test files:
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Go to http://www.eicar.com/
Click the
The AntiVirus testfile eicar.com
Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under
Click .
eicar.com
Disable ActiveShield: Right-click the McAfee icon, point to
click .
Disable
Download the EICAR test files from the EICAR web site:
Go to http://www.eicar.com/.
a
Click the
The AntiVirus testfile eicar.com
b
Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under
c
contains a line of text that VirusScan will detect as a virus.
eicar.com
(optional) is the same file, but with a different file name, for
eicar.com.txt
those users who have difficulty downloading the first link. Simply
rename the file "eicar.com" after you download it.
is a copy of the test virus inside a .
eicar_com.zip
™
WinZip file archive).
is a copy of the test virus inside a .
eicarcom2.zip
which itself is inside a .
in your web browser.
link.
Download
If ActiveShield finds a virus on page 22
link.
Download
compressed file.
ZIP
Testing VirusScan
, you will see four links.
for details.
, then
VirusScan
, you will see these links:
compressed file (a
ZIP
compressed file,
ZIP
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