Testing FTP Scanning Parent topic

The following procedure contains instructions for testing FTP virus scanning in the standalone mode:
  1. Download the test virus from the following page: www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
  2. FTP to the IWSVA server, and when prompted, log in to the IWSVA server using your FTP login name @ the ftp server IP address. For example, if your FTP account name is anonymous and the IP address of the FTP server is 10.2.10.10; then, log in as: anonymous@10.2.10.10
  3. Enter the following to upload the test file:
    put eicar_com.zip
  4. If you have configured the IWSVA FTP proxy correctly, IWSVA displays a message similar to the following:
    InterScan Web Security detected malicious code in your ftp traffic.
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