Comment on Dr Mark Gasson "infected" himself with a computer virusparentComments−sp33216yDon't run this, just put it in a .txt file and run a virus scanner on it: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* OK, it's actually harmless, but it's the only pure-ASCII executable I've ever seen, which is pretty cool.−wendroid16ysee also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1381127−sp33216yI think http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/asm/eicar/eicarcom.html is a better link for that−wendroid16yInteresting read but> That it be a normal DOS program capable of producing the same results under WINDOWS as well as real DOS mode.so it's pretty useless to me
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Don't run this, just put it in a .txt file and run a virus scanner on it:
OK, it's actually harmless, but it's the only pure-ASCII executable I've ever seen, which is pretty cool.see also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1381127
I think http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/asm/eicar/eicarcom.html is a better link for that
Interesting read but
> That it be a normal DOS program capable of producing the same results under WINDOWS as well as real DOS mode.
so it's pretty useless to me