You can easily test your Anti-virus program with a simple notepad trick.You can test your Anti-virus effectiveness using a simple notepad code.
Steps:
Steps:
- Open Notepad and Copy and paste the code below in notepad
- X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
- Now save it with extension “exe” (like antivirus.exe)
- f your antivirus software is working properly then it will detect this file and will try to remove it as soon as you save it.
- (iv). If your antivirus tries to remove this file, it means that your antivirus is working properly
- if it doesn’t try to remove this file then you should use some other reliable antivirus software.
- I suggests Avast Internet security & Kaspersky internet security only