Have you ever wondered how to test your Antivirus software to ensure it’s proper working? Well here is a quick and easy way to test your antivirus. The process is called EICAR test which will work on any antivirus and was developed by European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research. This process can be used by people, companies and antivirus programmers to test the proper functioning of the antivirus/antimalware software without having to deal with the real computer virus which can cause damage to the computer. Here is a step-by-step procedure to test your antivirus.

1. Open a notepad (New Text Document.TXT) and copy the following code exactly onto it, and save the notepad.

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

2. Rename the file from New Text Document.TXT to myfile.com

3. Now run the antivirus scan on this myfile.com file.

If the antivirus is functioning properly on your computer, then it should generate a warning and immediately delete the file upon scanning. Otherwise you may have to re-install your antivirus.

NOTE: Most antivirus will pop-out a warning message in the Step-1 itself.

You can also place the myfile.com file in a ZIP or RAR file and run a scan on it so as to ensure whether your antivirus can detect the test string in the compressed archive. Any antivirus when scanning this file will respond exactly as it will do for a genuine virus/malicious code. This test will cause no damage to your computer even though the antivirus will flag it as a malicious script. Hence it is the safest method to test the proper functioning of any antivirus.

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I have avast antivirus installed on my system and it has detected and deleted it. It means avast works.

i have reapeted same procedure but it was written that scanning is successfully completed no security threats.what does it mean? i dont have any knowledge about computer will u plz guide me,tell me a good site from where i can download best antivirus,tell me another thing that it is necessary to switch on aumatic windowupdate in computer and if dont then is there any threat? my antivirus is panda pro antivirus 2010. i have alot more questions but next time.regards sabahat

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It simply means that your antivirus is not up to the mark, or may be your antivirus is not updated automatically. So first try to update your antivirus, then repeat this test. If it worked, then its ok, otherwise you have to think about changing your antivirus.

I don't know about panda antivirus, but avast is a free antivirus and I have been using it for an year and till now it has worked very good. You can download free avast antivirus from www.cnet.com. This site is considered reliable. Alternatively AVG is also a good free antivirus. But mind you before installing new antivirus, you have to uninstall your old antivirus otherwise you system may become unstable.

If you have registered windows, then it is good to allow new updates, as it may secure your system. However, over time these updates slows down your system and also they eat a lot of hard disk space. Decide what you want, speed or security.