Thanks Dan, I'm geting my new Mac soon, but I'm always interested in increasing my computer knowledge.
Thanks Take care ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:22 AM Subject: More about Virus Testing > > Hello Everyone, In a previous message I mentioned about a test string > for testing virus checkers. > Currently I am running ProtectMac Antivirus. And what do you know. On > their web site I found a link to the test strings I mentioned. I > downloaded and during the download process ProtectMac Antivirus found > and responded to the test strings. You can test them with any > antivirus and they are not at all harmful because they are not really > viruses. they are made of ASCII characters. > For anyone who is interested, here is the link to the page. > > http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm > > From this page you can learn all about the testing protocol and > download and test your antivirus software. > You can also find this same page from ProtectMac Antivirus's page. > http://www.protectmac.com/ > > Go to the support link. > > Perhaps some of you folks might have an interest in this information, > I don't know. > Dan > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
