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VirusScan
®
Command Line 5.20.0 Product Guide
Using the Command-Line Scanner
Choosing the options
3
Response and notification options
The response and notification options determine how the scanner responds to an
infection. You can use a combination of these options to customize the scan. None of
the options in the following table occur automatically. To activate each option, specify
it in the command line.
Table 3-3 Response and notification options
Option
Limitations
Description
/CLEAN
None.
Automatically remove any infections.
By default, the program states only that infections were
found but does not try to clean the infected files. If the
program cannot clean the file, it displays a warning message.
If you use this option, repeat the scan to ensure that there are
no more infections. See
If the scanner detects a virus
on
page 40
for more information.
/CONTACTFILE
<FILENAME>
None.
Display the contents of the specified file when a virus is
found.
This enables you to provide contact information and
instructions to the user when a virus is encountered. We
recommend using
/LOCK
with this option.
This option is especially useful for networks, because you can
maintain the message text in a central file, rather than on
each workstation.
Any character is valid in a contact message except a
backslash (\). Messages beginning with a slash (/)or a hyphen
(-) must be placed in quotation marks.
/DAM
None.
Delete all macros in a file if an infected macro is found.
If you suspect you have an infection in your file, you can
choose to remove all macros from the file to prevent any
exposure to a virus.
To pre-emptively delete all macros in a file, use this option
with
/FAM
, although this should be used with caution. If you
use these two options together, all found macros are deleted,
regardless of the presence of an infection.
/DEL
None.
Delete infected
.COM
and
.EXE
files.
This option does
not
delete infected items within Microsoft
Word documents or archives. If the scanner detects infected
files within an archive, it does not delete the files within the
archive, nor does it delete the archive itself.
We recommend that you use the
/CLEAN
option to protect
against viruses that infect file types other than
.COM
or
.EXE
.
See
If the scanner detects a virus
on page 40
for more
information.
/EVLOG
On
Windows NT
and later
versions.
Use Event Logging.
Any detections are recorded in the Application Log of the
Event Viewer.
/
LOCK
In MS-DOS
systems only,
not
Windows NT
or later.
Halt and lock the computer if a virus is found.
This option is appropriate in vulnerable network
environments, such as open-use computer laboratories.
We recommend that you use this option with the
/CONTACTFILE
<FILENAME>
option to tell users what to do
or whom to contact if the scanner locks their computer.
