McAfee VIRUSSCAN 4.5 -, Administrator'S Manual

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Using VirusScan Command-line Options
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3. Type
scan
, followed by the scan options you want to use, at the
command prompt.
VirusScan Command Line will start immediately and begin scanning
your system with the options you choose. When it has finished, it will
display the results of its scan operation, then return to the command
prompt.
4. To run another scan operation, repeat Step 3 . To close the MS-DOS
Prompt window, type
exit
at the command prompt. If you restarted
your computer in DOS mode, type
win
to start Windows, or restart your
computer as you would normally.
The tables on the following pages list all of the VirusScan options available.
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NOTE: When you specify a file name as part of a command-line option,
you must include the full path to the file if it is not located in the
VirusScan program directory.
The following table lists the options that can be added to the SCAN command.
Table C-1. VirusScan command-line scanner options
Command-line
Option
Limitations Description
/? or /HELP None Displays a list of VirusScan command-line options,
each with a brief description.
/ADL On-demand
scanning only Scan all local drives—including compressed drives
and PC cards, but not disks—in addition to any
other drive specified on the command line.
To scan both local and network drives, use the
/ADL and /ADN commands together in the same
command line.
OS/2: /ADL includes the CD-ROM drive in the
scan, when used with /NODDA.
/ADN On-demand
scanning only Scan all network drives—including CD-ROM—for
viruses, in addition to any other drive(s) specified
on the command line.
To scan both local drives and network drives, use
the /ADL and /ADN commands together in the
same command line.
/ALERTPATH <dir> On-demand
scanning only Designates the directory <dir> as a network path
for Centralized Alerting alert messages.