The EICAR test file was given a shiny new coat of paint this September (2006). Nothing inside the file changed, but the file is no longer "The Anti-virus test file", it is now "The Anti-Virus or ...

EICAR (formerly known as the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research, though that title hasn't been used for a good while) is best known for its yearly conference and for the EICAR test ...

If you would like to test Apple's XProtect system, you can now safely do so with the latest definitions update. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to ...

is a harmless text file that is detected as a virus by most AV vendors. You can use it to verify that your local virus scanner is working (just copy the string into a plain text file), check to see if ...