Is ur antivirus good enough-try this

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Ever wondered u installed the Antivirus but is it good enough to prevent the visuses well then try this.

Is Ur Anti Virus Scanner Really Working ?



First, open Notepad. Then copy and paste into it the text on the line below. (It should all be on one line.)


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


Then select File, Save and select all Files for the file type, then save the file as eicar.com

Your anti-virus software may prevent you from saving the file as eicar.com, which is a sign that it is working effectively. If it doesn't raise an alert, try scanning the folder where you saved eicar.com. To see what happens if you try to run a file containing a virus, double-clickeicar.com to open it.

Explanation

The file eicar.com you have created is completely safe. It is not a virus. It is a standard test file developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR). All anti-virus products are programmed to detect this file as if it was a real virus. Therefore you can safely use it to test whether your anti-virus software works, without fear of infecting your computer.

If your anti-virus product should fail to prevent you from running the file, it will simply display the text "EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE" in a DOS box. No harm will have been done, but you should probably consider using a better anti-virus product, because if it had been a real virus, your computer would by now be infected!

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Thank You Scraps, Graphics and Comments for orkut, myspace

I am using Quick Heal Original Version Total Security since 4 years. It's really excellent.
It gives superb protection from antivirus, malwares, spyware & new version 2012 gives strong Browsing protection. It automatically blocks infected website or link & also shows an alert box.

Thanks for your info..........

 

QUick heal is fastest growing browser..But i use Escan..i surf heavily and lots of virus prone sites...but i neva get infected..it blocks jst suscpicios  content rest all the site is open to surf....

More test can be performed for your security suite (windows)

try stuff on

https://www.spycar.org/Spycar.html

A few more Test for detailed testing (not only for windows)

 

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

shields up (net)

https://www.grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm

(firewall leak test)

 

https://www.pcflank.com/test.htm

 

https://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

AUDIT

 

(no credit to me, credit to those peep who make such things for us)

 


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