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Nod32 version 5 :D > http://kb.eset.com/esetkb/index?page...nt&id=SOLN2735
I'll monitor its resources on a basic machine and post back its usage, performance. |
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EICAR test file is the safest way to check your AV is working ok on websites you visit: https://secure.eicar.org/eicar.com.txt
Should get blocked by your AV. |
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Nice to see my Norton Internet Security removed the EICAR download virtually instantaneously. What is in that thing!!!!! :D
At least i know my AV is working even if I do only have it installed as it came as a 60 day trial with my new laptop. Thanks for the link Qtx, bookmarked for future use when I decide which AV to use. :tu: |
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Blocked by MSE.
Good find, Qtx. |
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Avast didn't stop the download, but it detected it as a threat from a manual scan.
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Is this not the same test file that has been around for many years now? I remember references to it before 2000.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file You can paste that line in to notepad and save it to get your av to test it too. If you like fiddling, you can do that and add/change a random letter in the file to see if the AV still detects it. Hackers (not really the term I would use) often use a cryptor to avoid AV's but many times they can just Hex-edit a single part of a virus to make it undetectable if they are lazy. |
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Its only a check to see if your AV is working as expected rather than testing how good it is. The fact its just a text file means it is safer than trying to test the AV with a newer real virus. If the EICAR text file doesnt get caught by your AV for whatever reason, nothing bad happens. If you tested with a real virus, you would get infected.
Probably not the best way of explaining it from my side either lol, but hopefully you get the drift too :D |
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I do indeedy get your drift Qtx. Thanks for taking the time to explain. :)
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why dont this list contains VPNs like PureVPN, express & others?
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Aside from the fact it was posted 13 years ago, they are not "online security and antivirus scanning tools" anyway.
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