[ale] [Slightly OT] Weird request...

[Vikram Nanda]

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/windows/verify-that-your-virus-scanner-is-working-183733.php



fd0man^(TM)---The Magical Floppy Man wrote:
> I just got finished setting up an e-mail server with antivirus and 
> spam filtering and the like, and I want to give it a good test run to 
> see what it will (and will not) let through.  I have tested it with 
> "testing" viruses such as EICAR, but I want to know that it is going 
> to catch *real* viruses and filter them out as it should.
>
> Is there any way to do that?  I have had no luck finding any sort of 
> collection or anything that can be used for testing such things, and I 
> can understand that given the large potential for misuse.  
> Nonetheless, is there any collections that anyone knows of that 
> contain relatively harmless things that I can use to test with, that 
> aren't designed specifically for the purpose of testing (such as EICAR)?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Mike
>
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