Re:Null
by anonymfus on Thursday January 14, 2021 @12:05PM
(#25778915)
I am surprised that the EICAR test string is not here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file
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From README —
Likewise, please do not send pull requests which compromise manual usability of the file. This includes the [EICAR test string](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file), which can cause the file to be flagged by antivirus scanners, and files which alter the encoding of `blns.txt`. Also, do not send a null character (U+0000) string, as it [changes the file format on GitHub to binary](http://stackoverflow.com/a/19723302) and renders it unreadable in pull requests. Finally, when adding or removing a string please update all files when you perform a pull request.