Open Notepad and copy paste the following string and save it (as .exe if your scanner is configured to scan only specific extensions) [It's Eicar's AV Test code]
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
If you have a decent anti-virus, it should throw out warnings.. 
Thank you, works nicely. Was using it to test if my av scans over mapped network drives, it does. F-secure is nice.
its great…my McAfee 8.5i patch 7 find it as an virus and automatic deletes it.
Faggots
Faggots ahhh haaa
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i am eternally grateful for this-thanks so much