Test Virus for Norton AntiVirus on PCs

If you are concerned about how well your anti-virus software works you can test it with the EICAR test virus. The EICAR test virus is not a virus but will be detected as a virus by Norton AntiVirus.

• EICAR - test virus.

The EICAR test virus is shipped with some anti-virus systems and then detected by succeeding systems as a virus causing panic in the user who doesn't realise that it is a test virus.