I think the EICAR test file [1] is more apt. Rather than passing around actually malicious files as part of your tests, it's better to just have it recognize an

I think the EICAR test file [1] is more apt. Rather than passing around actually malicious files as part of your tests, it's better to just have it recognize an innocuous and unlikely pattern as malware. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file