Is the security software installed on your computer powerful enough to keep you safe from threats like malware or viruses? The following article will help you find the answer.
To protect the safety of personal information and important data stored on computers, users often install additional security software. There are many different security software available, from free to paid, for users to choose from to help keep their computers safe.
In addition, with the Windows 10 version, Microsoft has also integrated into its operating system Windows Security security software, which helps to protect users from Internet threats such as viruses, malware, malware. spyware… without the need to install additional security software.
However, many people will question whether the security software on their computer is strong enough and prevents it in time if malicious code appears on the computer?
To help users test the security and anti-virus and anti-malware capabilities of security software, the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) cooperates with the Computer Anti-Virus Research Organization (CARO) ) created a series of files, containing code similar to viruses.
These are files that will help users check the response of security software on the computer, whether it can detect and prevent files containing computer virus code in time.
Note: these files contain a piece of code similar to a computer virus, but are safe and do not affect the system at all. Users can safely conduct the test.
To check the safety of security software on your computer, visit the website here, scroll down, you will see a list of 8 files with different formats.
Good tips to help check the reliability of security software on your computer - 1
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Click on each file in turn to download to your computer. With powerful anti-virus programs, even if the file has not been downloaded, you will receive a warning and the file download will be stopped immediately.
A warning dialog box appears and the file download process on the web browser will be immediately blocked.
A warning dialog box appears and the file download process on the web browser will be immediately blocked.
In case the file is downloaded to the computer without any warning or blocking dialog, after downloading these files, right-click on it, select scan with security software on the computer from the dialog box that appears. .
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