The following is a test to verify the InVircible installation
and the proper functioning of Interceptor.
*Check first that the green IV icon is visible on
the system tray, indicating that Interceptor is active.
*If you are connected to the web, then click here to download
the test file, and try saving it to the hard drive.
If IV was installed properly, then Interceptor should issue
a warning message and prevent the download.
Nothing harmful will happen if the downloaded wasn't blocked
by Interceptor, as the test file is totally innocent (it's
a "do nothing" PIF file, with deceptive naming,
that contains just plain text). Yet the failure of IV to
block the download is an indication that IV wasn't installed
properly, or that Interceptor isn't functioning as it should.
The procedure below does the same as the test described
above, yet without downloading anything from the web.
1.Click with the mouse right button on an empty place on
your desktop, select 'New', then 'Text document' and create
the new object.
2.Select the new object, and press F2 to rename it. Type
in a new label "IVTEST.TXT.PIF", without the quotation
marks. Note that after pressing Enter, you will only see
the label Ivtest.txt, but not the PIF extention! This trick
is being used by malware writers to cheat users by concealing
the true nature of unsolicited and bogus attachments to
e-mail.
3.Double click the Ivtest icon, and Interceptor should
pop a warning message that the file has a suspicious filename.
4.You may wish to run Audit & Integrity as well, just
to see that the test file is reported by the A&I application.
Yet the latter test is not really necessary, as the Interceptor
popup message is good enough indication that IV was installed
properly, and Interceptor performs as devised.
5.Lastly, double click once more the test icon, then press
the 'Delete' button and the test file should disappear.
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