Open notepad and paste this:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Save it as eicar.com (Chage the file extension as .com)
Your Anti-virus will then either not let you save it of when you have saved it will remove it for you.
Don't worry about it. European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR) have got people to program Anti-Virus to recognize this as a threat (even tough it's completely harmless)
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Save it as eicar.com (Chage the file extension as .com)
Your Anti-virus will then either not let you save it of when you have saved it will remove it for you.
Don't worry about it. European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR) have got people to program Anti-Virus to recognize this as a threat (even tough it's completely harmless)
