HOW TO CHECK IF YOUR ANTI-VIRUS IS EFFECTIVE.

This is a very short post which I stumbled upon while surfing the net,& thought it could be useful for you.
There are many anti-virus which are only space-eaters,as they are redundant and sometimes,will even invite a malware/virus,rather than discard them.
With this simple trick,you can know which of your anti-virus is working and which is not.

Open a wordpad or note pad and save this code-->>  X50!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*  .Save it as eicar.com .
While saving this,your anti-virus should warn you,but do not fret,the code is not harmful.

If the antivirus does not warn you,then its just a decoration.