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Glossary: Attacks and Indicators

EICAR test file

Also written: EICAR

A harmless 68-character text file that antivirus products agree to detect as if it were malware, even though it does nothing. It lets you test hash checks and antivirus detection safely, for example by disguising it as a fake trojan named `Invoice_Oct.pdf.exe`.

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