Eicar is only a simple virus test, Doesn't tell you anything about catching malicious URLs, phishing attempts, trojans and the ability of your AV to prevent those or a complex virus. Robert is right, make sure whatever testing you do is a quarantined environment.
Best Regards, Dan Bartley From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Cato Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 13:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Known drive by malware URLs, etc. Find an eicar file, that is a good "test virus". During your search, you will likely find others. It's a dangerous game to play, find a sandbox first. On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Is there a publicly available repository of such things? I am kicking the tires of a new AV product and I want to try to break it. Please e-mail off list if that is appropriate for this kind of thing. Thanks RS CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE***The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or any employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you.
