This trick will let you detect whether your antivirus software is working or is just a waste. We will create a file which every antivirus sofware will detect as virus but dont worry it is harmless and will not harm your computer.

• First open Notepad and copy below code into it.

X5O!P%@AP[4PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

•  Save the file as virus.exe

         As soon as you will run this file you antivirus will detect it as software. If not then you need to change your program.