EICAR_TEST_FILE

October 23, 2014
 Analysis by: Kathleen Notario
 ALIASES:

Virus:DOS/EICAR_Test_file (Microsoft); EICAR Test String (Symantec); EICAR_Test_File (Fsecure); EICAR-AV-Test (Sophos)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:

  • Threat Type: Others

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild:

  OVERVIEW

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

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

70 bytes

File Type:

TXT, COM

NOTES:

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

For additional information about this detection, see Eicar website:

  • http://www.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html

Apart from EICAR_TEST_FILE, Trend Micro also uses EICAR_TEST_1, EICAR_TEST_2 and EICAR_TESTFILE as detection for these non-malicious files.