Sample virus file testing

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Blog style lists of various pcap files and malware samples for analysis. The first, eicar. The second file, eicar. Some readers reported problems when downloading the first file, which can be circumvented when using the second version. That will do the trick. The third version contains the test file inside a zip archive. The last version is a zip archive containing the third file. This file can be used to see whether the virus scanner checks archives more than only one level deep.

Once downloaded run your AV scanner. Once detected the scanner might not allow you any access to the file s anymore. You might not even be allowed by the scanner to delete these files. This is caused by the scanner which puts the file into quarantaine. The test file will be treated just like any other real virus infected file. Download these files only if you are sufficiently secure in the usage of your AV scanner. EICAR cannot and will not provide any help to remove these files from your computer.

We understand from the many emails we receive that it might be difficult for you to delete the test file from your PC. After all, your scanner believes it is a virus infected file and does not allow you to access it anymore. At this point we must refer to our standard answer concerning support for the test file.

The best source to get such information from is the vendor of the tool which you purchased. Please contact the support people of your vendor.