eicar.org operates primarily as a knowledge base, focusing on cybersecurity research and standards. EICAR is a non-profit organization established in 1991 to improve cybersecurity through research and collaboration between academia, government, and industry. It is best known for developing the EICAR test file, a standard tool used to safely test the functionality of antivirus software without using real malware. It is operated by Eicar e.V..
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