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EICAR Test

You can test your IceWarp Anti-Virus setup by pressing the Send EICAR Virus Test Message button.

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EICAR (European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research) is a consortium of independent experts in the antivirus industry.

Obviously, you should not send out real viruses for testing purposes, so EICAR provides a file that can safely be sent, is non-viral, but which should trigger your IceWarp Anti-Virus software as though it were a virus.

If your IceWarp Anti-Virus is correctly set up you will obtain a warning message like the one below after pressing the button Send EICAR Test Message.

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If this warning does not appear, there is some problem with your setup and you should investigate further.

 

 

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NOTE: If you are using remote console, sending a test message can bring different results (than this warning) because you are an eternal IP connected to IceWarp and not authenticated.

You may get several errors such as:

· Access not allowed (due to the Reject if sender local and not authenticated option)

· Greylisting

· DNSBL.