From: Michael Tokarev To: Virus Test Subject: Eicar test file (antivirus should detect it) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=eicar-boundary Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:09:34 +0400 (MSD) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --eicar-boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This short message contains attached EICAR antivirus test file. Antivirus should detect this as virus, if properly installed. Feed this message into your mailsystem to test it. Note that some antiviruses do not detect the EICAR "virus" unless it is in application/octet-stream attachtment, AND with .com extestion given in name= and/or filename= parameters within MIME structure. This is a known (and frequently asked) issue about AVP antivirus. --eicar-boundary Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="eicar.com" Content-Disposition: attachtment; filename="eicar.com" Content-Description: EICAR test file Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* --eicar-boundary--