CHAPTER 12.
TESTING
KASPERSKY ANTI-VIRUS
FEATURES
After installing and configuring Kaspersky Anti-Virus, we recommend that you
verify that settings and program operation are correct using a test virus and vari-
ations of it.
12.1.
The EICAR test virus and its
variations
The test virus was specially developed by
(The European Institute for
Computer Antivirus Research) for testing anti-virus functionality.
The test virus IS NOT A VIRUS and does not contain program code that could
damage your computer. However, most antivirus programs will identify it as a
virus.
Never use real viruses to test the functionality of an antivirus!
You can download the test virus from the official
EICAR
website:
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
.
The file that you downloaded from the
EICAR
website contains the body of a
standard test virus. Kaspersky Anti-Virus will detected, label it a
virus
, and take
the action set for that object type.
To test the reactions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus when different types of objects are
detected, you can modify the contents of the standard test virus by adding one of
the prefixes in the table shown here.
Prefix
Test virus status
Corresponding action when the
application processes the ob-
ject
No
prefix,
standard test
virus
The file contains a test
virus. You cannot disinfect
the object.
The application will identify the
object as malicious and not sub-
ject to treatment and will delete it.
