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Test the Threat Prevention feature

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Access the EICAR standard anti-virus test file to test the Threat Prevention feature.

This file is the combined effort by anti-virus vendors to implement one standard that customers can use to validate the anti-virus software.

Task

  1. Go to the EICAR website http://www.eicar.org.

  2. Click DOWNLOAD ANTI MALWARE TESTFILE, then click DOWNLOAD.

  3. From the Download area using the standard protocol https section, click the file eicar.com.txt.

Results

For the test to be successful, Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS) for Mac displays a Notification 1 detection(s) found on your system. with the relevant details.