How to check if antivirus is working or not trick 2012

if you hava a question which anitivirushas good strength or How to check antivirus strength then check if antivirus is working or not by our trick .
Many people say Kaspersky is best and some say
Norton is best so on....But the thing is that if your antivirus really remove virus like a good antivirus.Then check out your antivirus potential .

ok now lets begin......

step 1 : copy and paste the following code in notepad 

 X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7

}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS
-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


step 2 : Now save this as test.exe  or test.com


step 3 : After running the file if your Antivirus detects it as a threat then your Antivirus is good and working fine . Other wise use other antivirus.

Note : Above code is only used to check antivirus status it will not harm your computer .