How to test your anti virus software

Most ant-virus software nowadays are pretty much current,with new viruses popping up on a regular basis it has become such a task for the anti-virus software to catch up.It's pretty much like drug companies who always have to keep testing and running trials because a drug that was manufactured to cure a particular strain of flu no longer works because this flu has become immune to the drug,so more powerful ones have to be manufactured.This is exactly the same with Internet and online viruses.That is why most anti-virus software is updated and you only get a registration to use it for so long ie:6 months-1year and so on.A good software to test the effectiveness of your anti-virus software is called the eicar test file go to http://www.eicar.org/.If you require help with this software the go to http://www.webpromotionz.co.uk/ or drop us a note on the forum