                              EICAR Test File

This  TEST.TXT  file  helps to test      䠩  TEST.TXT      
the performance  of  the anti-virus    ஢ ࠡᯮᮡ  -
programs   detecting  viruses  with     ணࠬ, 㦨 -
their signatures.                         ᨣࠬ.

For this purpose, most of the anti-     饥 ६  ࠧࠡ稪-
virus    designers    at    present     ⨢ᮢ ਭ    ⮩  楫
generally make use of the  standard    ᯮ짮       ⠭
TEST.COM program.  This program  is    ணࠬ TEST.COM.   ணࠬ 뫠
_specially_   designed  so  that  a    _ᯥ樠쭮_ ࠧࠡ⠭  ⮣, -
user,   without any risk to his/her      짮⥫,    ࣠   ᢮
machine,  could verify how a newly-      ᭮,    ᬮ,
installed   anti-virus   tool  will        ᢥ⠭  ⨢
alert  on  detecting  a virus.  The    㤥  ᨣ஢  砥 -
TEST.COM program, is not actually a     . ணࠬ TEST.COM  -
virus,  but it is recognized by the      ᮬ  ,   -
majority  of  anti-virus  utilities       設⢮    ⨢
as  if  it  is  a virus.    And  on    ணࠬ  类   .     ⮬
detecting   this  "virus",   Dr.Web    Dr.Web  뢠  "" ᫥騬 
reports                                ࠧ:

                      EICAR Test File (Not a Virus!)

Other  anti-virus  utilities   also    ਬ୮ ⠪  뢠  㣨  -
alert along somewhat similar lines.    ⨢   ணࠬ.     ࠢ:
(The  acronym  EICAR   stands   for    EICAR - European Institute for Computer
European   Institute  for  Computer    Anti-Virus Research.
Anti-Virus Research).
                                       ணࠬ  TEST.COM  ।⠢ ᮡ
The TEST.COM program  is  a 68-byte    68- COM-䠩, १ ᯮ-
COM-file,  which on executed prints     ண - 뢮  ᮫ ⥪-
on the console                          ᮮ饭:

                    EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!

The  TEST.COM  file  contains  only      TEST.COM   ⮨    
printable   characters    and   the    ⥪⮢  ᨬ    ᮮ⢥
corresponding   string   reads   as    ப  :
follows:

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

In  the  file   you  are  presently    ᫨  ⠥   䠩  ⠢
reading now, if you retain only the     襯ਢ ப   ।-
above  line  and  delete  all other    ஢  䠩  ࠭   
text  matter  and rename  the  file    TEST.COM,      १  
thus edited to TEST.COM, you obtain    ணࠬ,     㤥  ᠭ
a program,  which  is  the  "virus"     "ᮬ".
described above.                                 

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