Help with possible virus file

[swek]

I just checked my system and found this suspicious file calld Virus1.exe in System 32. I know the filename sounds a little clich? but I want to make sure that it really isn't spyware etc. Avast scaned the file and reported nothing. My spyware programs found nothing either.
So I did a little google search, and surprise ! all the results were in french.
Does anyone here know what it is ?

 

[jensked]

LOL, c'est le test du script EICAR (Virus) fait par PC Security Test 2005

A la fin du test si tu fermes trop vite le programme, il n'a pas le temps d'effacer les fichiers temporaires utilis?s pour faire le test.

In English:

LOL, it's a testfile for the EICAR (?) script by PC Security Test 2005
When you close the program too soon after the test, it doesn't have time enough to delete this temporary file used for the test.

I obviously don't know if this really is true, I just translated it...do you have PC Security Test 2005 ?

 

[swek]

Oh, I installed the programm to da a little port scan. Seems like the "virus" file remaied after the deinstalation. Case closed. Thank you very much. :lol:

 

[jensked]

no problem...my lessons of French did pay off

 

[swek]

no problem...my lessons of French did pay off

Hehe, mine didn't. Four years wasted. :lol:

 

[bone]

should be very carefull not to close install process to soon or to delete your temp forlder to soon. can fuck up your system tremendously

i learned the hard way

 

[Renesis]

I came too late to help...

jensked did a great job

 

[bigfoot1942]

anyhow, if you encounter a suspicious file, go to http://virusscan.jotti.org/ where you can submit the file and it will be virusscanned with 13 different virusscanners...