Re: [Exim] Administrivia: Stop sending EICAR test strings

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Author: Ralf G. R. Bergs
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Pat Lashley wrote:

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> Ok, I'll bite. What's an EICAR test string? Where would it come
> from and what would it be used for?

It's a fake "virus" that can be used to test virus scanners. Just a
harmless, well-known byte sequence.

Virtually every virus scanner available knows this "virus."



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