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Test Your Antivirus Software

Windows Scripting Solutions, November, 2005 by Lewis, Dick

Is your AV software doing its job? A batch file automates an AV checkup

Antivirus software has become so simple to install, so efficient, and so dependable that we take it for granted. We install the virus-scanning software of our choice, add the newest scanning engine and signature file, and enable Automatic Updates. It's easy to adopt a "set it and forget it" attitude about this important software.

But how do you know that your virus scanning is really working as advertised? What if an administrator stops the virus-scanning service and neglects to restart it? What if a new virus ...

 

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