On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Bill Wilson wrote:
Hi.
I would like to filter viruses in our incoming mail.
I set up YAVR and I would like to test it. What is the best procedure to
test this, or other virus recipes without getting infected? Where do I get
the viruses to test?
You are looking for the EICAR string.
From http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm:
This test file has been provided to for distribution as the
"Standard Anti-Virus Test File", and it satisfies all the criteria
listed above. It is safe to pass around, because it is not a virus,
and does not include any fragments of viral code. Most products react
to it as if it were a virus (though they typically report it with an
obvious name, such as "EICAR-AV-Test").
The file is a legitimate DOS program, and produces sensible results
when run (it prints the message "EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE").
It is also short and simple - in fact, it consists entirely of printable
ASCII characters, so that it can easily be created with a regular text
editor. Any anti-virus product which supports the test file should
"detect" it in any file which starts with the following 68 characters:
....
Are there any other recipes besides YAVR that do not
require 3rd party anitvirus applications?
You will find good info here:
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/openantivirus/mini-faq
Bye,
Udi
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