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About Contact. In addition to downloading samples from known malicious URLs , researchers can obtain malware samples from the following free sources: ANY. Updated March 2, Do NOT run them unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing! They are to be used only for educational purposes only. We highly recommend reviewing these files in a pristine sandboxed environment or in a dedicated Virtual Machine that has no Internet access.

If you are not careful, you will infect yourself or others with dangerous malware!!! The following repositories are the easiest to get started with because they require no registration or special access.

You can simply go to the website and download a file immidateily. Skip to content. Star Malware Sample Sources www. Branches Tags. Could not load branches. The last version is a zip archive containing the third file. This file can be used to see whether the virus scanner checks archives more than only one level deep. Once downloaded run your AV scanner. Once detected the scanner might not allow you any access to the file s anymore.

You might not even be allowed by the scanner to delete these files. This is caused by the scanner which puts the file into quarantaine. The test file will be treated just like any other real virus infected file. Download these files only if you are sufficiently secure in the usage of your AV scanner. EICAR cannot and will not provide any help to remove these files from your computer. We understand from the many emails we receive that it might be difficult for you to delete the test file from your PC.

After all, your scanner believes it is a virus infected file and does not allow you to access it anymore. At this point we must refer to our standard answer concerning support for the test file. The best source to get such information from is the vendor of the tool which you purchased.

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