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Test Your Antivirus

Posted on the 23 August 2014 by Pratyaksh Somani @somanitechshow
Few days back one of my best friend bought new Antivirus for One PC, 3 years License. I cannot disclose the antivirus name. I told him that this antivirus is not good at all. But he did not trusted me. So just to show him the demo I tested his antivirus, and obviously, it gave negative result! Antivirus Failed. Poor guy.

But friends, being my blog readers, I hope you will not commit such a mistake of using an antivirus solution which is actually not working and exposing all your computer's security venerable to hackers attacks. All your sensitive information which includes Banks Passwords, PayPal Passwords, Credit Cards information and all other sensitive information is left exposed to hackers. So now this is clear that a good and working antivirus is installed is very important.


How To Test Antivirus

test antivirus programsSo as I already explained above the importance of an effective antivirus solution so now just ask yourself a question. Is my installed Antivirus Solution is really effective?

We have a very easy and quick method to check whether your antivirus is really that effective as it is saying or is just another useless package of fake codes.

We are going to create a simple text document. And in that document we will put a piece of code. If instantly your Antivirus shows you an alert, then your antivirus is actually working and effective.

Just Follow these easy steps to get started:

Step 1: On your Desktop, with your mouse, Right Click.


Test your antivirus

Step 2: Go to New. And create a New Text Document.
Test your antivirus


Step 3: In that newly created Text Document paste below code.


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

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Step 4: Now Save this file. From Toolbar Go to File> Save.


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Now did you received any message or notification from your antivirus? If yes them your antivirus solution is working. 

I got notification from my antivirus instantly. See below image.
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Also look for the time taken by Antivirus for notification also depends. If it responds quickly it means it is aggressive and is more effective, but if more time is taken or no popup is shown then your system, your files, your everything is in danger.


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