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Virus Alert: "This content is no longer available."

by BuildTheRobots on 6/23/24, 12:04 PM with 1 comments

Tired of trying to remember how to spell the full EICAR test string?

For some reason, creating a text file with the contents "This content is no longer available." gets flagged on Windows as as a virus; specifically "Trojan:Win32/Casdet!rfn".

  • by PaulHoule on 6/23/24, 12:34 PM

    Years ago I found that my Windows installation wouldn't let me create a directory at a certain path and I think it was to stop a certain malware.