EICAR-Test-File

EICAR test file - computer file to test antivirus software. Article “EICAR-Test-File” in Russian Wikipedia has 14 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 6 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.74 points.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Russian) language version.

Since the creation of article “EICAR-Test-File”, its content was written by 24 registered users of Russian Wikipedia and edited by 302 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 18 times in Russian Wikipedia and cited 157 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Russian): #9114 in July 2008
• Global: #44126 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Russian): #2825 in February 2012
• Global: #56436 in February 2012

There are 13 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) EICAR test file		30.32
2	French (fr) Fichier de test Eicar		25.3822
3	Korean (ko) EICAR 테스트 파일		25.323
4	Azerbaijani (az) EICAR test faylı		23.8365
5	Arabic (ar) ملف اختبار إيكار		17.634
6	German (de) EICAR-Testdatei		14.4072
7	Russian (ru) EICAR-Test-File		13.9645
8	Chinese (zh) EICAR标准反病毒测试文件		10.7167
9	Spanish (es) EICAR		7.884
10	Japanese (ja) EICARテストファイル		5.6813

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "EICAR-Test-File" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) EICAR test file		1 849 874
2	Japanese (ja) EICARテストファイル		548 351
3	German (de) EICAR-Testdatei		481 978
4	Russian (ru) EICAR-Test-File		268 549
5	French (fr) Fichier de test Eicar		193 726
6	Spanish (es) EICAR		119 233
7	Portuguese (pt) EICAR (arquivo de teste)		89 049
8	Chinese (zh) EICAR标准反病毒测试文件		49 736
9	Korean (ko) EICAR 테스트 파일		23 480
10	Arabic (ar) ملف اختبار إيكار		7 483

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "EICAR-Test-File" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) EICAR test file		11 672
2	Japanese (ja) EICARテストファイル		3 066
3	German (de) EICAR-Testdatei		1 701
4	French (fr) Fichier de test Eicar		1 223
5	Russian (ru) EICAR-Test-File		452
6	Chinese (zh) EICAR标准反病毒测试文件		369
7	Spanish (es) EICAR		276
8	Korean (ko) EICAR 테스트 파일		258
9	Portuguese (pt) EICAR (arquivo de teste)		164
10	Czech (cs) EICAR testovací soubor		71

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "EICAR-Test-File" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) EICAR test file		116
2	German (de) EICAR-Testdatei		61
3	French (fr) Fichier de test Eicar		26
4	Russian (ru) EICAR-Test-File		24
5	Portuguese (pt) EICAR (arquivo de teste)		19
6	Spanish (es) EICAR		16
7	Japanese (ja) EICARテストファイル		10
8	Bulgarian (bg) EICAR тестов файл		7
9	Korean (ko) EICAR 테스트 파일		7
10	Chinese (zh) EICAR标准反病毒测试文件		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "EICAR-Test-File" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Fichier de test Eicar		1
2	Arabic (ar) ملف اختبار إيكار		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) EICAR test faylı		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) EICAR тестов файл		0
5	Czech (cs) EICAR testovací soubor		0
6	German (de) EICAR-Testdatei		0
7	English (en) EICAR test file		0
8	Spanish (es) EICAR		0
9	Japanese (ja) EICARテストファイル		0
10	Korean (ko) EICAR 테스트 파일		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "EICAR-Test-File" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) EICAR test file		62
2	Chinese (zh) EICAR标准反病毒测试文件		30
3	Japanese (ja) EICARテストファイル		20
4	Russian (ru) EICAR-Test-File		18
5	German (de) EICAR-Testdatei		11
6	Spanish (es) EICAR		4
7	French (fr) Fichier de test Eicar		4
8	Korean (ko) EICAR 테스트 파일		4
9	Arabic (ar) ملف اختبار إيكار		1
10	Bulgarian (bg) EICAR тестов файл		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ملف اختبار إيكار
az	Azerbaijani EICAR test faylı
bg	Bulgarian EICAR тестов файл
cs	Czech EICAR testovací soubor
de	German EICAR-Testdatei
en	English EICAR test file
es	Spanish EICAR
fr	French Fichier de test Eicar
ja	Japanese EICARテストファイル
ko	Korean EICAR 테스트 파일
pt	Portuguese EICAR (arquivo de teste)
ru	Russian EICAR-Test-File
zh	Chinese EICAR标准反病毒测试文件

Best Rank

Russian: #2825 02.2012

Global: #56436 02.2012

Best Rank

Russian: #9114 07.2008

Global: #44126 05.2004

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