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EICAR anti-virus test file
The EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File: a 68-byte printable-ASCII string that every mainstream scanner is required to detect as if it were malware. It is not malware and contains no malicious code - it is a harmless COM program that prints a message.
↓ Download eicar.com.txt| Filename | eicar.com.txt |
| Format | TXT |
| Size | 68 bytes (68 bytes) |
| MIME type | text/plain; charset=utf-8 |
| SHA-256 | 275a021bbfb6489e54d471899f7db9d1663fc695ec2fe2a2c4538aabf651fd0f |
What this file catchesWhether your antivirus integration is actually wired up. Upload this and confirm the scanner quarantines it. If it lands in your bucket clean, your scanning step is not running.
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Download & verify
curl -fsSL -o "eicar.com.txt" "https://flagged.hexaqa.com/security/eicar.com.txt"
curl -fsSL "https://flagged.hexaqa.com/security/eicar.com.txt" | sha256sum
# expect: 275a021bbfb6489e54d471899f7db9d1663fc695ec2fe2a2c4538aabf651fd0f