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VirusScan
®
Command Line 5.20.0 Product Guide
Using the Command-Line Scanner
Choosing the options
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/LOAD <FILENAME>
Load scanning options from the named file, or scanning profile.
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/LOCK
Halt and lock the computer if a virus is found.
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/LOUD
Display a progress summary during the scan.
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/MAILBOX
Scan plain-text mailboxes.
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/MANALYSE
Same as
/MANALYZE
.
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/MANALYZE
Use heuristics analysis to identify potential macro viruses.
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/MANY
Scan multiple disks consecutively in a single drive.
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/MAXFILESIZE <SIZE>
Examine only those files that are smaller than the specified size.
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/MIME
Scan MIME-encoded files.
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/MOVE <DIR>
Move any infected files to a quarantine location as specified.
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/NOBACKUP
Do not prompt for backup of sectors before attempting to clean.
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/NOBEEP
Do not issue a tone when the scan ends.
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/NOBKSEM
Prevent scanning of files that are normally protected.
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/NOBOOT
Do not scan the boot sector.
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/NOBREAK
Disable Ctrl-C and Ctrl-Break during scans.
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/NOCOMP
Do not check compressed executables created with the LZEXE or
PkLite file-compression programs.
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/NOD
Scan only the susceptible file types.
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/NODDA
Do not access disk directly. This prevents the scanner from
accessing the boot record.
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/NODECRYPT
Do not decrypt Microsoft Office compound documents that are
password-protected.
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/NODOC
Do not scan document files.
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/NOEXPIRE
Disable the “expiration date” message if the scanner’s DAT files
are out of date.
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/NOJOKES
Do not report any joke programs.
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/NOMEM
Do not scan memory for viruses.
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/NORECALL
Do not move files from remote storage into local storage after
scanning. See also Scanning files in remote storage on page 18.
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/NORENAME
Do not rename an infected file that cannot be cleaned.
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/NOSCRIPT
Do not scan files that contain HTML, JavaScript, Visual Basic, or
Script Component Type Libraries.
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/OCMAX=<SIZE>
Specify the maximum size of the internal cache for file reads.
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/OCRS=<VALUE>
Specify a value that represents the size of the internal cache size
for each file read.
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/PANALYSE
Same as
/PANALYZE
.
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/PANALYZE
Use heuristic analysis to identify potential new program viruses.
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/PAUSE
Enable a screen pause.
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/PLAD
Preserve the last-accessed time and date for files that are
scanned.
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/PROGRAM
Scan for potentially unwanted applications.
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/REPORT <FILENAME>
Create a report of infected files and system errors, and save the
data to the specified file in ASCII text file format.
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/RPTALL
Include the names of all scanned files in the report file.
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/RPTCOR
Include a list of corrupted files in the report file.
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/RPTERR
Include system errors in the report file.
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Table 3-6 Alphabetic list of options
(continued)
Option Description
See
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