EICAR Anti-virus Test 1.0
Free Version
Publisher Description
EICAR ANTI-VIRUS TEST APPLICATION
THIS APP IS NOT HARMFUL. IT WILL NOT HARM YOUR DEVICE IN ANY WAY.
This app simply displays a message similar to this one and nothing more. It requires no permissions on installation. It does not read your data, access the internet, or create any files. It does not run in the background, start automatically, or do anything at all other than display a message.
It does, however, contain some text, created by the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR), which is designed to be safely detected by all anti-virus products as a virus, so that people can test their anti-virus applications to see if they're working correctly, without having to actually infect their devices with a real virus or other malware.
To make it absolutely clear - this app is completely harmless, but should be detected as a virus. This is its entire purpose.
If you run an anti-virus app on your phone, it should detect this app as a virus when you install it. If it doesn't, then perhaps your anti-virus software isn't as good as it claims. Or the people who made it haven't had time to update their application yet. The current version (v7) of this industry standard test for anti-virus products has been around since September 2006, so there's really no excuses.
For further details please search for "EICAR test file" on Wikipedia or visit EICAR's website itself at eicar.org.
This app should ideally be detected by all anti-virus software as a virus, including anti-virus software running on your PC. If the app vanishes after connecting your phone to your PC, it's likely that your anti-virus software has removed it or quarantined it.
About EICAR Anti-virus Test
EICAR Anti-virus Test is a free app for Android published in the Other list of apps, part of Development.
The company that develops EICAR Anti-virus Test is eXtorian. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0. This app was rated by 5 users of our site and has an average rating of 3.2.
To install EICAR Anti-virus Test on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2011-02-11 and was downloaded 362 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the EICAR Anti-virus Test as malware as malware if the download link to uk.co.extorian.EICARAntiVirusTest is broken.
How to install EICAR Anti-virus Test on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the EICAR Anti-virus Test is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by EICAR Anti-virus Test will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- EICAR Anti-virus Test will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
