Comments on: Testing for Anti-Virus on File Upload http://www.exploresecurity.com/testing-for-anti-virus-on-file-upload/ IT security tools, techniques and commentary Sun, 07 Sep 2025 03:12:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jerome http://www.exploresecurity.com/testing-for-anti-virus-on-file-upload/#comment-29180 Jerome Sun, 18 Mar 2018 11:42:21 +0000 http://www.exploresecurity.com/?p=386#comment-29180 Hi. As this article explains, be careful with the file you’re using for testing. If it’s a regular JPEG file with the EICAR signature embedded as, say, metadata, that doesn’t meet the true EICAR standard and so AV engines are within their rights to ignore it. Some AVs ignore it anyway. Try submitting your test file to Virus Total to get an idea of how good a test it is (and look out for the Clam AV response in particular of course).

]]> By: momses http://www.exploresecurity.com/testing-for-anti-virus-on-file-upload/#comment-29053 momses Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:28:52 +0000 http://www.exploresecurity.com/?p=386#comment-29053 thanks for you article.

I have a question:

I’m using a CPanel to manage my website. the website is created with wordpress. CPanel is delivered with antivirus clamAV. but it’s not a realtime antivirus. cause I can upload on my wordpress library a file with eicar virus signature.this file is a .jpeg. So, is it a simple way to prevent from this? what kinf of antivirus do you recommanded me?

Thanks in advance for your answer!

Momses.

]]> By: Josia http://www.exploresecurity.com/testing-for-anti-virus-on-file-upload/#comment-20267 Josia Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:52:55 +0000 http://www.exploresecurity.com/?p=386#comment-20267 Great article, good information!

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