Re: [Exim] Administrivia: Stop sending EICAR test strings
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Deze boodschap maakt deel uit van devolgende draad:
de volledige draad-boom gesorteerd op datum
Nigel Metheringham op
2003-09-12 08:18
Christopher Allen [BigFatPipe.Net] op
2003-09-12 08:26
Auteur:
Ralf G. R. Bergs
Datum:
2003-09-12 08:23
UTC
CC:
exim-users
Onderwerp:
Re: [Exim] Administrivia: Stop sending EICAR test strings
Pat Lashley wrote:
[...]
> 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."