Who originally created the EICAR Test File?

[bharatgautam]

Who originally created the EICAR Test File?

[Karsten Iwen]

Wikipedia knows it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Institute_for_Computer_Antivirus_Research

[bharatgautam]

Hi Karsten Iwen,

Thanks.. I know it was developed by EICAR and CARO but looks like that's not the correct answer for that question.

I am doing Cisco Umbrella 3.0 hands on workshop and in Secure Web Gateway section... no matter what I enter.. EICAR, CARO, EICAR & CARO, etc. Its not picking it as correct answer.. even if i add the full form of EICAR or CARO

Thanks

Bharat

[Karsten Iwen]

Well, wouldn't be the first time that some online test-software has something wrong ...

[andypete]

Look at:  https://www.eicar.org/download-anti-malware-testfile/

[briangallagher]

Paul Ducklin is the answer

[andypete]

I was going to make testers work a little for it by at least going to the link I posted...

[dovega]

Buenas noches, tengo la misma pregunta , estoy realizando el 2.5 lab y esa pregunta ponga lo que le ponga no te acepta nada 

[numgenerator]

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@bharatgautam wrote:

Who originally created the EICAR Test File?

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The EICAR Test File was created by the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) in 1996. It was developed as a standardized way to test antivirus software without using real malicious code. The purpose of the EICAR Test File is to check if an antivirus program can detect and respond to potential threats effectively.