Malware detected in Liferay Bundle - eicar.jpg
Written By
Peter Schwarcz
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Issue
- We were notified of a possible malware infection. The location is my extracted source code of a Liferay DXP bundle.
- The file in question is eicar.jpg
Resolution
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EICAR files can be used to verify antivirus integration, and to see if the AV correctly picks up potentially malicious files. Please see the following article which ties into this:
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We would like to confirm there is nothing to worry about when it comes to the eicar.jpg file, as these files are benign and are used for verification purposes. You may get more information on this by visiting the following link:
Applications should generally scan uploaded files with anti-malware software to ensure that they do not contain anything malicious. The easiest way to test for this is using the EICAR test file, which is an safe file that is flagged as malicious by all anti-malware software.
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