Re: OE/virus query..ps I fogotted summat


"pmj" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:LJfzf.3075$wl.1924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Oh?
> http://eicar.com/anti_virus_test_file.htm
>
> What is there on that Page that "can scare the living daylights
> out of you"?

This bit
Important note: cannot be held responsible when these files or your AV
scanner in combination with these files cause any damage to your computer.
You download these files at your own risk. Download these files only if you
are sufficiently secure in the usage of your AV scanner. cannot and will
not provide any help to remove these files from your computer. Please
contact the manufacturer/vendor of your AV scanner to seek such help.

And this bit

We understand (from the many emails we receive) that it might be difficult
for you to delete the test file from your PC. After all, your scanner
believes it is a virus infected file and does not allow you to access it
anymore. At this point we must refer to our standard answer concerning
support for the test file. We are sorry to tell you that EICAR cannot and
will not provide AV scanner specific support. The best source to get such
information from is the vendor of the tool which you purchased. Please
contact the support people of your vendor. They have the required expertise
to help you in the usage of the tool. Needless to say that you should have
read the user's manual first before contacting them.

To a beginner ( the very people who should try it) those bits could be
scary.
>
> It seems to be very careful to explain what the "EICAR Standard
> AntiVirus Test File" is & what it does & why it is supplied & how
> to use it, to check that your your Anti Virus Utility *is* actually
> working
>
> How else can anybody know whether or not their Anti Virus thing is
> working?
>
> & what it will do, (& what they should do) if it does ever find an
> actual Virus?

Panic, then ask their son/nephew/next door's cat who * knows everything*
about pooters to fix it. Then pay PCWorld a fortune to sort the mess :-)
>
>>> It's a perfectly Safe test, yet they saeem happy to rely
>>> on something that they don't actually know whether or not works!
>>> :-(
>>
>> So I've done it before so I did it again in case anybody is
>> wondering what AVG does and this is what I got...
>>
>> eicar.com
>> AVG won't let me download it
>
> Without even any Option to over-ride that decision?

It gives me the option to ignore it.

> That could be counted as good, yet some people may say that the
> choice should be available.
>
>> eicar.com.txt
>> Lets me downlaod but a scan detects a virus
>
> Yep.
> That's as is to be expected.
> Cos a *Text* File can never do any harm anyway - so long as it
> *is* Opened up as a Text File & not Run.
>
> Does your AVG let you Rename that .TXT File to EICAR.com ?
> or EICAR.txt.com ?

Yes it lets me rename it then immediately pops up a warning.
--
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.



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