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4.7. Verifying the application
performance
After Kaspersky Security is installed and configured, we recommend verifying the
correctness of its settings and operation:
•
using a test "virus" and its modifications (see section 4.7.1, page 35);
•
using a test SPAM message (see section 4.7.2, page 36).
4.7.1. Testing the anti-virus protection
system
This test "virus" was specially designed by
EICAR (The European
Institute for Computer Antivirus Research) for testing anti-virus products.
The test “virus” IS NOT A VIRUS because it does not contain code that can harm
your computer. However, most anti-virus products manufacturers identify this file
as a virus.
Never use real viruses for testing the operation of an anti-virus product!
You can download this test “virus” from the official website of the
EICAR
organization at
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
. If you have no
Internet connection, you can create your own test "virus". To create a test “virus”,
type the following string in any text editor and save the file as
eicar.com
:
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-
FILE!$H+H*
The file downloaded from the
EICAR
website or created as described above
contains the body of a standard test “virus”. Kaspersky Security 5.5 for Microsoft
Exchange Server 2003 will detect it, assign it to the
Infected
category and apply
the action defined by the administrator for processing objects of this type.
To test the response of the application when other types of objects are detected,
modify the content of this standard test “virus” by adding one of the prefixes listed
in Table below.
You can test the correctness of the anti-virus component operation us-
ing the modified EICAR “virus” only if your anti-virus database was last
updated on or after October 24, 2003 (October, 2003 cumulative up-
dates).
