User Guide - Kaspersky Lab

CHAPTER 16. TESTING
KASPERSKY INTERNET
SECURITY FEATURES
After installing and configuring Kaspersky Internet Security, we recommend that
you verify that settings and program operation are correct using a test virus and
variations of it.
16.1. The EICAR test virus and its
variations
The test virus was specially developed by (The European Institute for
Computer Antivirus Research) for testing anti-virus functionality.
The test virus IS NOT A VIRUS and does not contain program code that could
damage your computer. However, most antivirus programs will identify it as a
virus.
Never use real viruses to test the functionality of an antivirus!
You can download the test virus from the official EICAR website:
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm.
The file that you downloaded from the EICAR website contains the body of a
standard test virus. Kaspersky Internet Security will detected, label it a virus, and
take the action set for that object type.
To test the reactions of Kaspersky Internet Security when different types of
objects are detected, you can modify the contents of the standard test virus by
adding one of the prefixes in the table shown here.
Prefix Test virus status Corresponding action when the
application processes the
object
No prefix,
standard test
virus
The file contains a test
virus. You cannot disinfect
the object.
The application will identify the
object as malicious and not
subject to treatment and will
delete it.