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6.4. Scanning of the whole computer
There is a potential risk that a computer virus has been transmitted to your computer
prior to
AVG 9 Anti Virus plus Firewall
installation. For this reason you should run a
Scan of the whole computer
to make sure there are no infections on your PC.
For instructions on running a
Scan of the whole computer
please consult the
chapter
AVG Scanning
.
6.5. Eicar Test
To confirm that
AVG 9 Anti Virus plus Firewall
has been installed correctly you can
perform the EICAR test.
The EICAR test is a standard and absolutely safe method used to test antivirus system
functioning. It is safe to pass around, because it is not an actual 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"
). You
can download the EICAR virus from the EICAR website at
www.eicar.com
, and you will
also find all necessary EICAR test information there.
Try to download the
eicar.com
file, and save it on your local disk. Immediately after
you confirm downloading of the test file, the
Online Shield
will react to it with a
warning. This notice demonstrates that AVG is correctly installed on your computer.
From the
http://www.eicar.com
website you can also download the compressed
version of the EICAR 'virus' (
e.g. in the form of eicar_com.zip
).
Online Shield
allows
you to download this file and save it on your local disk but then the
Resident Shield
detects the 'virus' as you try to unpack it.
If AVG fails to identify the EICAR test file
as a virus, you should check the program configuration again!
