Attach an EICAR anti-virus test file to an email message, then send the message through the Microsoft Exchange server where you’ve installed TSME.
Several anti-virus vendors throughout the world jointly created the EICAR standard anti-virus test file. It is a standard to verify anti-virus installations.
Note
This file is not a virus. Make sure that you delete the file when you have finished testing your installation to avoid alarming users.
Open a text editor, copy this code to notepad, then save the file with the name
EICAR.COM:X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
The file size is 68 bytes or 70 bytes.
Send an email message through the Microsoft Exchange server with the EICAR test file as an attachment.
Note
When TSME examines the email message, it reports finding the EICAR test file. However, it cannot clean or repair the EICAR file because it is a test file.
TSME replaces the EICAR test file with an alert message.