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Re: Benign samples for testing AV vendors


From: Frank Barton <bartonf () HUSSON EDU>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 16:45:01 -0400

The "standard" is to use the eicar test file

https://www.eicar.org/?page_id=3950

Frank

On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 4:39 PM Bridges, Robert A. <
0000008d8011d045-dmarc-request () listserv educause edu> wrote:



Hi, we’re planning on testing some AV vendors products. Is there a good
way to collect or download known benign files for many different OSes,
specifically Windows 7, 10, and RHET distros?



Thanks

Bobby



Robert A. Bridges, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory



-- 
Frank Barton, MBA
Security+, ACMT, MCP
IT Systems Administrator
Husson University

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