How To: Test Your Antivirus

How To: Test Your Antivirus


Have you ever wondered if your anti virus is working properly? I haven’t had a virus alarm for a while now so I started doubting if my antivirus
was working properly or was just hogging my system memory and wasting my time download updates and definitions for nothing.So I decided to find a way to test it, but how could I test my antivirus without risking damaging my system? Why creating my own little virus of course.I’ll show you how to make a virus using notepad that will test the ability and efficiency of your current antivirus without causing any damage to your computer even if you don’t have an anti virus nothing will happen.Lets get to it:


1) Open a new notepad document

2) Type the code below into the notepad file.

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


3) Save the notepad file as FakeVirus.com or whatever you want, To comfortably find the file, I suggest placing it in the Desktop.To save a file in .com format all you need to do is change the “Save as type:” to All Files and then just enter FakeVirus.com in the “File name:” section and click Save.

4) Run the FakeVirus.com file to test your computers efficiency. If your anti virus software
doesn’t give you a warning or alert, I suggest changing your AntiVirus immediately as your current one doesn’t work properly.Check out this article for a few good free antivirus softwares.

5) After your done with the file just delete it and empty the trash, remember this fake virus won’t affect your computer in any way.

Enjoy.