Re: Virus for testing purposes

["Jacob Bresciani" <jacob () bresciani ca>]

http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

These are the one's I'm prone to test with. They test most
features/capabilities of modern AV software but have no dangerous payload that
could come back to bite you if you happen to fail on of the tests.

On 11 Feb 2006 14:03:37 -0000, goodcrap wrote
> Hi
>
>    Is there is any place online from where i can download collection 
> of viruses especially latest ones for testing purposes or there is 
> any software available that create fake viruses or something like 
> that. I read about certain newsgroups, where if you place your email 
> address they send you viruses, but i want to be able to download 
> them. Since yahoo gmail etc block viruses and doesnt allows to 
> download them.
>
>   Thank You
>
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