- 1). Click on "Start", then "Settings", and "Control Panel". In the "Control Panel" window, click on "Add or Remove Programs", and wait for a list to populate.
- 2). Scroll through the list of programs until you find an anti-virus software program in the list. This verifies that you have anti-virus software installed on your computer.
- 3). Open Notepad.
- 4). Copy and paste the following code into Notepad's body. Make sure the code is all on one line:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* - 5). Save the document as eicar.com. If your anti-virus software prevents you from or warns you against saving the file as such, you have determined that your anti-virus software is properly running.
- 6). Scan the folder where you saved the eicar.com file, or double-click on the file to run it if your anti-virus didn't respond when you tried to save it. If there is still no response, you may want to update or reinstall your anti-virus software.
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