CARO

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CARO (Computer AntiVirus Researcher's Organization) is an informal group of individuals who have been working together since around 1990 across corporate and academic borders to study the phenomenon of computer malware. CARO essentially superseded other less formalized groups of anti-virus professionals. CARO preceded EICAR, a more formal organization, but was founded by a similar set of people. Whereas CARO was always a technical group, EICAR also had a distinct legal and general security focus. Nowadays, the two groups operate largely independent of each other. One historic joint project was the Eicar test file that was created by CARO members and published by EICAR.