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EICAR_TEST_FILE
Overview

Aliases: Misdirected.323(Symantec), Eica-323(Sophos), Virus.DOS.Eicar.323(Kaspersky), Eicar-Test-Signature(Avira), Misdirected.323(F-Prot), EIC-TF(McAfee)

In the wild: Yes

Destructive: No

Language: N/A

Encrypted: No

Overall risk rating:


Description: 
EICAR is a harmless test file developed by the European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR).

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Solution
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Description created: Mar. 9, 2000 1:45:50 PM GMT -0800

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