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Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange Server
4.7. Verifying the application
performance
After Kaspersky Anti-Virus is installed and configured, we recommend verifying
the correctness of its settings and operation using a test "virus" and its
modifications.
4.7.1. Test “virus” EICAR and its
modifications
This test "virus" was specially designed by
EICAR (The European
Institute for Computer Antivirus Research) for testing anti-virus products.
The test “virus” IS NOT A VIRUS because it does not contain code that can harm
your computer. However, most anti-virus products manufacturers identify this file
as a virus.
Never use real viruses for testing the operation of an anti-virus product!
You can download this test “virus” from the official website of the
EICAR
organization at
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
.. If you have no
Internet connection, you can create your own test "virus". To create a test “virus,”
type the following string in any text editor and save the file as
eicar.com
:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-
FILE!$H+H*
The file downloaded from the
EICAR
website or created as described above
contains the body of a standard test “virus”. Kaspersky Anti-Virus will detect it,
assign it to the
Infected
category and apply the action defined by the
administrator for processing objects of this type.
To test the response of Kaspersky Anti-Virus when other types of objects are
detected, modify the content of this standard test “virus” by adding one of the
prefixes listed in Table below.
You can test the correctness of Kaspersky Anti-Virus operation using
the modified EICAR “virus” only if your anti-virus database was last up-
dated on or after October 24, 2003 (October, 2003 cumulative updates).
