[Mimedefang] Virus testing

[David F. Skoll]

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:

> This would be a stupid question, but does anyone have a virus
> infected file they can send to me?  (NOT via email of course) I want
> to test the Sophos virus scanner, but not having any virus on me at
> the moment, I can't do that.  So, if you do, please contact me so I
> can give you an alternate means of getting it to me.

There is a standard virus test-pattern which all virus scanners are supposed
to recognize.  Download it from:

	http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com

--
David.