With this service, you can test your antivirus software. This service uses the EICAR test virus, which has become the standard in antivirus software testing. This virus is not a virus in the usual sense of the word. EICAR only contains a certain sequence of characters, the description of which the anti-virus software must contain in its databases and correctly recognize in the scanned objects. EICAR itself does not cause any harm to data or a computer, it does not infect or delete anything. In this sense, EICAR is not malware.
The anti-virus monitor must be constantly running and monitor file read/write operations. Using the following links, you can download the EICAR test virus both in an archive and as a .com file.
The anti-virus may inform you that the file is infected immediately after downloading. Or, you need to open the archive and run the file manually.
Checking the operation of the mail antivirus
Enter your mailing address, select the EICAR file format, and then click Submit. Sending a test virus to free mail servers(yandex.ru, mail.ru, rambler.ru, etc.) does not make sense: these servers run an antivirus that will delete the test email without notifying the recipient.
The service will generate a letter with an attachment of the EICAR test file and send it to specified address. The antivirus should detect EICAR in the email and either delete the attached file or delete the entire email.
Checking the operation of antispam
Using the form below, you can send a test letter to the e-mail specified in the field. In the body of the letter will be placed standard code GTUBE, which is widely used to evaluate the quality of anti-spam protection. Depending on settings mail server or customer, the sent email will either be moved to the junk mail (spam) folder or deleted.
Checking the operation of the antivirus when visiting pages with dangerous scripts
The antivirus should check the scripts that are on the sites you visit. Clicking on this link will open a page containing a script containing the eicar sequence. The anti-virus should detect this sequence and suggest not to execute the dangerous script. If this does not happen, then the computer may be infected with a virus when visiting a specially crafted web page.Kaspersky Antivirus displays the following warning on the screen:
Online file check with DrWeb
If you have any suspicions that specific file can be infected, then using the form below, such a file can be checked by DrWeb antivirus directly on this site. Click the button Overview, select the hard disk suspicious file and then press the button Verify. The result of checking the file will be shown in the window that opens.
Infection when visiting websites from mobile devices
Some sites on the Internet have been hacked by cybercriminals targeting mobile device users. By visiting such a site from a computer, you will be taken to a harmless Internet resource, but by accessing it from a smartphone, you will secretly redirected to a site with an unpleasant "surprise". With the help of hacked sites, attackers can distribute various malicious programs, the most "popular" of which are various modifications of . The victim's losses depend on which family of Trojans infiltrate your mobile device, i.e., on its malicious charge. Read more about this phenomenon in our news.
Attention mobile device users!
Set to mobile device Dr.Web anti-virus for Android with a component URL filter. cloud filter will restrict access to non-recommended and potentially dangerous sites in several categories - this is especially true for protecting your children from unwanted Internet content.
URL filter is present only in the full-featured version of Dr.Web for Android (it is not available in Dr.Web for Android light). For customers of Dr.Web Security Space and Dr.Web Anti-virus, using Dr.Web for Android - is free.
Attention PC and laptop users!
Install Dr.Web Link Checker
This free extensions to check Internet pages and files downloaded from the Internet. Install the extension to your browser and travel around world wide web without fear virus attack!
Download Dr.Web Link Checker for free
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With the help of Dr.Web online file scanner, you can check suspicious files free of charge for the presence of viruses and malware.
You send your files using your browser, they are uploaded to our server, checked by latest version Dr.Web with full set additions virus database, and you get the result of the check.
How to scan a file or several files with Dr.Web Anti-virus online?
- To check 1 file: click on the "Browse .." button and select the suspicious file. Click the "Check" button to start scanning.
- Maximum size file - 10 Mb.
- To check multiple files: place the files in an archive (WinZip, WinRar or ARJ format) and download this archive by clicking on the "Browse" button. and then the "Check" button. The verification protocol will include a report for each file in the archive.
IMPORTANT! Antivirus scanner Dr.Web will help you determine whether the file(s) you submitted for scanning are infected or not, but will not answer your question whether your computer is infected. For full check hard drives And system memory use our free CureIt! .
You can also check local network through a centrally managed network utility Dr.Web CureNet!
Submit a suspicious file
After installing an antivirus, many users believe that their system is well protected and hackers cannot get to them.
Now there are many antivirus programs, but not all of them provide reliable security. Some scan the system so infrequently that malware may have time to harm the computer.
How to check the operation of the antivirus? There is one interesting way, which helps to test the responsiveness of antivirus software. It is absolutely safe and does not infect the system. The method was invented a long time ago and works like clockwork, and you don’t need to download or install anything.
Is your computer protected from viruses?
Viruses are becoming more and more perfect and they are not always detected by antiviruses. Most often they penetrate through the Internet or removable media memory(). To sleep peacefully and know that your antivirus is constantly monitoring security, conduct a simple test.
To test the functionality of the antivirus, you need to create a regular Text Document and write a special line in it:
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