EICAR Anti-virus Test was a tools app developed by eXtorian. It was removed from Google Play Apr 9, 2016 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
EICAR Anti-virus Test had been downloaded 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
EICAR Anti-virus Test was rated 4.59 out of 5 stars, based on 2.6 thousand ratings.
App Information
EICAR Anti-virus Test was free to download. The APK download size was 17.50 kB. The last available version was 1.0. The last update was on February 11, 2011.
Technical Requirements
EICAR Anti-virus Test required Android 1.5+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Unrated Maturity. The app had been available on Google Play February 2011.
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.
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Eicar anti virus test My antivirus eset alarmed my phone and say that eicar is a malware now I know that my antivirus works
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Superb I have cm security in my phone.When I installed EICAR antivirus test app, my antivirus detected it as malware. Thus I can tell clearly that my antivirus is working perfectly...... Thanks EICAR....
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Great way to test AV apps The test was performed by full scan & remove & real-time protection & remove. All free antivirus apps used was using latest app version & data base updates as of 2/20/2015. Antivurs Free-Mobile Security (NQ Creative Apps) - Passed Avast - Passed Bitdefender - Passed Panda - Passed Malwarebytes - Passed McAfee - Passed Norton - Passed Dr.Web Light - Passed ESET - Passed AVG - Failed Avira - Failed - only realtime & removal passed. Comodo - Failed
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Not working Kasoersky mobile security, G data internet security, Web root premium can't detect this app! But they can detect Zoner test, F secure test file...and they are same as it. That also use eicar test file.
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IT HAD A VIRUS IN IT!!! GUYS, INSTALL CM SECURITY, NOT THIS GARBAGE!!!! " NO HARM " ! MORE LIKE " ALL THE HARM "
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THIS S##T IS A MALWARE I have Lookout and when I installed it, it said that it was a malware. Do not install
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