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VirusScan
®
Command Line 5.20.0 Product Guide
Using the Command-Line Scanner
Choosing the options
3
Options in alphabetic order
For convenience, the options are repeated in this section alphabetically with a brief
description. For full descriptions, see the previous sections.
Table 3-6 Alphabetic list of options
Option Description
See
...
/?
Display a list of command-line options, each with a brief
description.
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/AD
Same as /ALLDRIVES.
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/ADL
Scan all local drives, including compressed and PC drives, in
addition to any other drives specified on the command line. Do
not scan removable media.
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/ADN
Scan all network drives, in addition to any other drives specified
on the command line.
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/AFC=<SIZE>
Specify the size of the file cache.
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/ALL
Scan all files regardless of extension.
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/ALLDRIVES
Scan all drives. Scan all network drives and local drives, but not
removable drives; these include disk drives, CD drives, and Zip
drives.
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/ALLOLE
Check every file for OLE objects.
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/ANALYSE
Same as
/ANALYZE
.
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/ANALYZE
Use heuristic analysis to find possible new viruses in “clean”
files.
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/APPEND
Append information to the specified report file instead of
overwriting it.
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/APPENDBAD
Append names of infected files to an existing file, as specified by
/BADLIST.
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/BADLIST <FILENAME>
Create a list of infected files.
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/BEEP
Issue a tone when an infected file is found.
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/BOOT
Scan boot sector and master boot record only.
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/BPRESTORE
Restore sectors from backup after cleaning.
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/CHECKLIST <FILENAME>
Scan the files listed in the specified file.
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/CLEAN
Automatically remove any infections.
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/CONTACTFILE <FILENAME>
Display the contents of the specified file when a virus is found.
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/DAM
Delete all macros in a file if an infected macro is found.
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/DEL
Delete infected .COM and .EXE files.
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/DOHSM
Scan files that are offline.
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/DRIVER
Specify the location of the DAT files: SCAN.DAT, NAMES.DAT,
and CLEAN.DAT.
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/EVLOG
Use Event Logging.
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/EXCLUDE <FILENAME>
Exclude the directories or files from the scan as specified in
<FILENAME>.
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/EXTLIST
Display names of file extensions that are scanned by default.
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/EXTRA <FILENAME>
Specify the location on any EXTRA.DAT file.
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/FAM
Find all macros, not just macros suspected of being infected.
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/FREQUENCY <HOURS>
Do not scan before the specified number of hours after the
previous scan.
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/HELP
See the /? option.
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/HTML <FILENAME>
Create a file containing the results in HTML format.
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