EICAR Test Skill

SkillFiles & storage

Lets your agent handle a harmless test file used to check malware detection systems.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the EICAR Test Skill skill

About this capability

Test skill containing EICAR test file for malware detection

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner in evals/test_skills/malicious/eicar-test/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

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.

Signals

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Sep 2026
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eicar-test
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github.com/cisco-ai-defense/skill-scanner