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eicar.com: a string of the 68 ASCII characters shown above
eicar.com.txt: the same as eicar.com but with a &quot;txt&quot; file extension
eicar_com.zip: here it is compressed into a zip file
eicarcom2.zip: this is double zipped, the most difficult to detect

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Test your Virus Protection online see if your scanner detects the test string. This test virus was developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR). This is just a test it is NOT a real virus but a harmless string of characters. This string is used to verify the effectiveness of your virus scanning software. If your virus scanner is set up and working properly it should intercept the downloading of these files. Free virus scanner test.
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Not that anything is harmful but there is always someone out there looking for a free ride spoiling things for others. So read this disclaimer before you proceed to download the test string. Then if you understand it and agree with it go ahead and try to download the Eicar Virus Test String files.

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