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EICAR Test

by cisco-ai-defense

EICAR Test is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by cisco-ai-defense in skill-scanner.

2.4K stars308 forkson cisco-ai-defense/skill-scannerAdded 2026/08/18+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/04
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Install EICAR Test
Copy EICAR Test into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner/tree/main/evals/test_skills/malicious/eicar-test ~/.claude/skills/eicar-test

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only โ€” not the rest of the repository โ€” into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skillโ€™s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
evals/test_skills/malicious/eicar-test/SKILL.md in cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/eicar-test
Collection
One of 21 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Quality โ€” 1354 skills

What EICAR Test does

EICAR Test contains the EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File in its assets folder. It is used to validate antivirus or file-scanner integrations by providing a benign file that all scanners detect as malware.

EICAR Test is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. EICAR Test comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-skills and security.

Documentation

README

EICAR Test Skill

This skill contains the EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File in the assets folder.

The EICAR test file is a standard file used to test anti-malware products. It is NOT a virus but is detected by all antivirus software as malware.

Purpose

This skill is used to test the VirusTotal binary file scanner integration.

Frequently asked about EICAR Test

  • What else does cisco-ai-defense publish alongside EICAR Test?

    EICAR Test is one of 21 skills that DirSkills catalogs from cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include ATR Benign Control, Calendar Sync Helper and Configuration Analyzer. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way EICAR Test does, and is maintained by cisco-ai-defense in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner page.

  • How does EICAR Test compare to other Quality skills?

    EICAR Test ranks #507 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of EICAR Test against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.