Intrusion PreventionEicar.Virus.Test.File
Description
This indicates that the Eicar test virus file has been detected.
Eicar was developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (EICAR) to test whether your anti-virus software is working properly.
Affected Products
Any Windows system
Impact
Eicar is not an actual threat and is meant for testing anti-virus software.
Recommended Actions
Use Anti-Virus software to scan and clean the system.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 29844 |
| Created | Nov 09, 2011 |
| Updated | Sep 08, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| Default Action | pass |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | All |
| Affected App | Other |