How to test your anti-virus

We all will have an anti-virus or two installed in our system for sure. Once I want to test the anti-virus I have installed. I cant risk my system by directly installing an anti-virus. Then i came across this method of creating a fake virus. The procedure to test the anti-virus is as follows:

Open notepad.
Copy the below code in the file.
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


Then save it with the name fakevirus.exe

If this file got deleted immediately that means your antivirus is working and updated. Try it.

How to Delete Virus from USB Drive Manually

Viruses can easily spread through USB or Pen Drives. Most viruses like ’Ravmon’ , ‘New Folder.exe’, etc are spreading through these Flash Drives. These Viruses are hard to delete even for the Best anti virus applications. So only option is to remove Virus from USB drives Manually , Here is the procedure you have to follow..


Never Open the USB drive directly through the Auto Play Feature. Scan the USB drive for viruses by using your anti virus application. If you find any viruses in that scan, Eliminate them.

After that, Open the Command Prompt by typing ‘cmd‘ in the run box. In the command prompt type the drive letter: and press enter . Now type dir /w/a and press enter.

Check whether the list displayed contains the below given files.

Autorun.inf, Ravmon.exe, New Folder.exe, svchost.exe, Heap41a or any other exe file which may be suspicious.

If you encounter any of the above files, then probably the USB drive is infected. Now to delete the virus files manually..

1. Go to command prompt type attrib -r -a -s -h *.* and press enter. This will remove the Read Only, Archive, System and hidden file attribute from all the files.
2. Now just delete the files using the command del filename. example del Ravmon.exe.
3. Delete all the files that are suspicious.
4. To be on a safer side, just scan the USB drive with an anti virus program to check whether it is free of virus or not.
5. Now remove the drive and plug it again. In most of the cases, the real culprit turns out to be the “Autorun.inf” file which mostly gets executed when someone clicks Ok in the dialog window which appears in Auto Play.


Note : To protect yourself from Virus, Disable the Autoplay feature of USB drives. If you disable the Autoplay feature of USB drives, then there are lesser chances of the virus spreading in your computer. A tool which can perform such a function is Tweak UI.

Cheats for Age of Mythology

JUNK FOOD NIGHT 1000 Food
TROJAN HORSE FOR SALE 1000 Wood
DIVINE INTERVENTION Allows you to use a previously used god power
FEAR THE FORAGE Animates berry bushes
IN DARKEST NIGHT Changes the game time to night
L33T SUPA H4X0R Fast (sometimes instant on most units and buildings) construction, research and training
ENGINEERED GRAIN Fatten herd animals
MOUNT OLYMPUS Full favor
ATM OF EREBUS Gives you 1000 Gold
I WANT TEH MONKEYS!!!1! Gives you a bunch of monkeys
BAWK BAWK BOOM Gives you a chicken-meteor god power
WUV WOO Gives you a flying purple hippo
TINES OF POWER Gives you a forkboy
O CANADA Gives you a lazer bear
PANDORAS BOX Gives you several random god powers
ISIS HEAR MY PLEA Gives you the heroes from the campaign
WRATH OF THE GODS Gives you the Lightning Storm, Earthquake, Meteor and Tornado god powers
MR. MONDAY Godly AI
UNCERTAINTY AND DOUBT Hide map
LETS GO! NOW! (Note: two spaces after GO!) Increase Game Speed
RED TIDE Makes the water red
LAY OF THE LAND Reveal Map
SET ASCENDANT Reveals all the animals on map
CHANNEL SURFING Skips to the next scenario in the campaign
CONSIDER THE INTERNET Slow game speed
GOATUNHEIM Transforms everyone into Goats (note: your hero dies because of this)
THRILL OF VICTORY Win game