S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
1 edit | Anti virus
My kaspersky sees this as a virus...
6/9/2009 4:14:38 PM file: n12.netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/eicar-standard-av-test-file.com detected: virus 'EICAR-Test-File'
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SystemCrash
join:2004-08-28
Mississauga, ON | so does NOD32 |
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fphall
The Guardian
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join:2003-11-01
Bristol, CT | so does avira |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC | »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file
EICAR is a test virus file. |
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Nicholas Weaver
@Berkeley.EDU
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This is a feature: its how we check for network processes (eg, host antivirus, network gateways, etc) which block known viruses. The file is not an actual virus, but the EICAR virus "test" file, a small harmless .com that the AV vendors have largely agreed to recognize as a "virus" to enable testing:
Q: My anti-virus program triggered an alert while Netalyzr was running. Why?
A: As part of our content-filtering tests, we download the EICAR antivirus test file into the applet. This file is harmless and designed to test correct functionality of antivirus software. Any related warnings or alerts thus merely signal correct functioning of your antivirus installation and can safely be ignored.
»www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm |
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Noah Vail
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Lorton, VA | Thanks for stopping in.
NV |
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AstroBoy
join:2008-08-08
Parkville, MD | reply to Matt
AVG did not complain. Bad AVG. |
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