eicar test file

From http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

How to delete the test file from your PC

We understand (from the many emails we receive) that it might be difficult for you to delete the test file from your PC. After all, your scanner believes it is a virus infected file and does not allow you to access it anymore. At this point we must refer to our standard answer concerning support for the test file. We are sorry to tell you that EICAR cannot and will not provide AV scanner specific support. The best source to get such information from is the vendor of the tool which you purchased.

Please contact the support people of your vendor. They have the required expertise to help you in the usage of the tool. Needless to say that you should have read the user's manual first before contacting them.

Best regards,
Flavius

Thank you, Flavius, for your response. I have not, to my knowledge, ever requested or purchased the test file. It simply was picked up by AVG when I used it to scan the computer. Previously I could not get clamav to work properly or to update. However, interestingly, the test file appears in the 'clamav-getfiles' folder. I I am in a quandary still.

Thanks for this response. It clears up the matter. I will leave the file in place. I have to do that as I do not have 'ownership of the file: it is 'root.'