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VALIDATING KASPERSKY SMALL OFFICE
SECURITY SETTINGS
After Kaspersky Small Office Security has been installed and configured, you can verify if the application is configured
correctly, using a test "virus" and its modifications. A separate test is required for each protection component / protocol.
IN THIS SECTION:
Test "virus" EICAR and its modifications ....................................................................................................................... 225
Testing the HTTP traffic protection ................................................................................................................................ 226
Testing the SMTP traffic protection ............................................................................................................................... 227
Validating File Anti-Virus settings .................................................................................................................................. 227
Validating virus scan task settings ................................................................................................................................ 227
Validating Anti-Spam settings ....................................................................................................................................... 228
TEST "VIRUS" EICAR AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
This test "virus" has been specially developed by EICAR (The European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research) for
testing anti-virus products.
The test "virus" IS NOT a real virus, because it does not contain code that can harm your computer. However, most anti-
virus products identify EICAR as a virus.
Never use real viruses to test the operation of an anti-virus product!
You can download this test "virus" from the EICAR's official website at http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm.
Before you download the file, you have to pause the computer’s anti-virus protection, because otherwise the application
would identify and process the test "virus" downloaded from the anti_virus_test_file.htm web page as an infected object
transferred via HTTP.
The application identifies the file downloaded from the EICAR website as an infected object containing a virus that
cannot be disinfected and performs the action selected for this type of object.
You can also modify the standard test "virus" to verify the operation of the application. To modify the "virus", change the
content of the standard test "virus" by adding one of the prefixes to it (see table below). To modify the test "virus", you
can use any text or hypertext editor, such as Microsoft Notepad or UltraEdit32.
First column of the table (see below) contains the prefixes, which should be added at the beginning of the standard test
"virus" to create its modifications. The second column lists all possible statuses assigned to the object, based on the
results of the scan by the application. The third column indicates how the application processes objects with the specified
status. Please note that the actions performed in respect of the objects are determined by the application's settings.
Once you have added a prefix to the test "virus" save the resulting file under a name reflecting the "virus" modification,
for example, having added the DELE- prefix, save the file as eicar_dele.com.