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Trend Micro recommends testing SMD and confirming that it works by using the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) test file. EICAR developed the test script as a safe way to confirm that your antivirus software is properly installed and configured.
WARNING
WARNING
Never use real viruses to test your antivirus installation.
Use EICAR to trigger a virus incident and confirm that email notifications are correctly configured, and that there are no issues with logging.
Note
Note
The EICAR file is a text file with a *.com extension. It is inert. It is not a virus, it does not replicate, and it does not contain a payload.
To test the SMD installation with EICAR:
  1. Open an ASCII text file and copy the following 68-character string to it.
    X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
  2. Save the file as eicar_test.com to a temp directory and then close it.
  3. Attach eicar_test.com to an email and send it to yourself or a test mailbox.
Check the virus log in the SMD Log Database or check the notification sent to the administrator (if Notification is set).
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