New Service Announcement - WICAR.org - Test your anti-malware defences

OSI Security is pleased to announce the availability of the wicar.org website, which was designed to test the correct operation your anti-virus / anti-malware software.

The name "WICAR" is derived from the industry standard EICAR anti-virus test file, which is a non-dangerous file that all anti-virus products flag as a real virus and quarantine or act upon as such.

By being able to execute a test virus program safely, the end user or network administrator can ensure that the anti-virus software is correctly operating (without utilising a real virus which may damage the system should the anti-virus software fail to function).

With this service you can safely test your:

• Web browser reputation block lists
• ​Cloud filtering service
• Firewalls
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS / IPS)
• HTTP Anti-virus Proxy Servers
• SSL Inspection Proxies
• Content Filtering and Web Reputation scanners
• Passive traffic monitoring heuristic systems
• Desktop anti-malware and anti-virus solution
• ​Inline filters