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I'm trying to infect a laptop with malware for testing purposes and I just can't seem to do it. I've been searching for .exes that will just RUN and I can't find anything straight forward. Looking at this site all I can find are raw binaries but nothing really packaged and ready to go--unless I'm not looking in the right place.

It seems that a lot of malware research sites are geared towards software development and the actual investigation of the code itself but I just need an .exe that will work.

I never thought it would be this hard to deliberately infect a computer. Can someone please give me a link to a malware .exe or give me some tips on how to do this?

schroeder
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For testing purposes, use the Eicar test file. Just copy it onto your machine, no need to install.

There are even variants, such as zipped and double zipped versions of that non-malicious test virus.

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  • I've copied an EICAR test file to my machine and my AV does not pick it up. Nothing seems to happen. When I unzip the folder there's nothing in it. – user1330287 Jul 24 '18 at 22:01
  • @user1330287: because the Antivirus has already deleted it? Check the log and quarantine – Thomas Weller Jul 24 '18 at 22:02