I think you could put the "EICAR Test String" easily in a *lot* of databases, ma...

cnvogel on May 16, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: MS Security Essentials reporting false positives i...

I think you could put the "EICAR Test String" easily in a lot of databases, maybe as the answer to a security question, a special "delivery instruction"...

http://www.eicar.org/86-0-Intended-use.html

It's detected by almost any antivirus product, on my work computer the corporate antivirus immediately quarantines a file with this content.

X 5 O ! P % @ A P [ 4 \ P Z X 5 (...)

maaarghk on May 16, 2014 [–]

Not EICAR because that has to be at the start of the file. But some other signature, sure.