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Anonymouse · 18-11-2005, 18:37

I found a useful snippet while trawling through the furore this affair has raised:

Paste the following string into Notepad and save as $sys$eicar.txt

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

Your AV should detect this and warn you immediately; certainly McAfee VirusScan Online does - it correctly identifies this as the EICAR virus, a test virus. Interestingly, it says the file can't be cleaned.

I tried fooling it by giving the file a different name, but VSO still detected it. At least I know my PC hasn't got that damn rootkit.

If your AV doesn't detect it, you may have a problem - have a look at Mark Russinovich's blog to find out what to do.

18-11-2005, 18:37	#60
Anonymouse RIP Tigger - 14 years?! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bolton Age: 60 Services: BT Superfast Broadband Posts: 1,865	Re: [Merged] Sony Digital Rights Management probs I found a useful snippet while trawling through the furore this affair has raised: Paste the following string into Notepad and save as $sys$eicar.txt X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H Your AV should detect this and warn you immediately; certainly McAfee VirusScan Online does - it correctly identifies this as the EICAR virus, a test virus. Interestingly, it says the file can't be cleaned. I tried fooling it by giving the file a different name, but VSO still detected it. At least I know my PC hasn't got that damn rootkit. If your AV doesn't detect it, you may have a problem - have a look at Mark Russinovich's blog to find out what to do. __________________ "People tend to confuse the words 'new' and 'improved'." - Agent Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D. WINDOWS 11/UK 'GOVERNMENT', ANYONE?!