The EICAR test is not a virus, it is an industry standard detection test. Sophos Anti-Virus will report its presence as EICAR-AV-Test virus.

1. Download the eicar Anti Malware test file from the eicar website.
   
   
   
2. If downloading the zip version, ensure to decompress it to trigger a detection. 
3. If On demand and on-access are working properly,  Sophos Home will trigger the following detection:
   

You will also see a detection on your Sophos Home Dashboard  

Use the Sophos Web Security and Control Test Site by SophosLabs to test the Sophos web protection and web control functionality.

• Select the Malware option to test if web protection is operating correctly. This will display a blocked page and a balloon alert on the system tray.
  
  
• To confirm whether web control is functioning, click the other options on the page to test the different category classifications . Ensure the category you are testing matches the category listed in your Sophos Home Dashboard (refer to this article). 

To test the MTD feature, do the following:

1. Copy and paste the following on Notepad or any other text editor:

   set o = createobject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
   o.open "GET", "http://sophostest.com/mtdtest/2/" & rnd, FALSE
   o.send

2. Save the file as "mtd.vbs"
   If you are using notepad, keep the quotation marks on the name - this ensures the file extension is set to .vbs
    
3. Double-click the file to trigger a detection.
4. If the MTD feature is active, you will receive a C2/generic-B detection on the endpoint.