McAfee virusscan 4.5 User Guide
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Using VirusScan
Command-line Options
Adding advanced VirusScan engine options
The following table lists all of the command-line options that can be
communicated directly to the scanning engine via the Advanced Scan Settings
dialog box provided by most Detection property pages. These command-line
options (that you specify in the Advanced Scan Settings dialog box), will
supplement, and can overwrite, the options selected in the VShield and
VirusScan Detection property pages.
communicated directly to the scanning engine via the Advanced Scan Settings
dialog box provided by most Detection property pages. These command-line
options (that you specify in the Advanced Scan Settings dialog box), will
supplement, and can overwrite, the options selected in the VShield and
VirusScan Detection property pages.
For additional information about adding advanced engine options:
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for VShield, see “Using the VShield scanner,” in Chapter 4 of your
VirusScan User’s Guide.
VirusScan User’s Guide.
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for VirusScan software, see “Using the VirusScan application,” in
Chapter 5 of your VirusScan User’s Guide, or “Creating and Configuring
Scheduled Tasks,” in Chapter 6 of your VirusScan User’s Guide.
Chapter 5 of your VirusScan User’s Guide, or “Creating and Configuring
Scheduled Tasks,” in Chapter 6 of your VirusScan User’s Guide.
Running the VirusScan Command Line program
A typical installation of VirusScan software includes the VirusScan Command
Line program. You can run VirusScan Command Line either from a Windows
MS-DOS Prompt window, or by restarting your computer in DOS mode.
Network Associates recommends restarting in DOS mode for best results. To
learn how to restart your computer in DOS mode, see your Microsoft
Windows documentation. To run the program, change to the directory in
which the file SCAN.EXE is located, and type scan followed by the scanning
options you want to use (see
Line program. You can run VirusScan Command Line either from a Windows
MS-DOS Prompt window, or by restarting your computer in DOS mode.
Network Associates recommends restarting in DOS mode for best results. To
learn how to restart your computer in DOS mode, see your Microsoft
Windows documentation. To run the program, change to the directory in
which the file SCAN.EXE is located, and type scan followed by the scanning
options you want to use (see
for details).
To run the VirusScan Command Line program, follow these steps:
1. Open an MS-DOS Prompt window from within Windows, or restart your
computer in DOS mode.
2. Change to the VirusScan program directory, in which the file SCAN.EXE
is located. If you installed VirusScan with its default options, type this
line at your command prompt to locate the correct directory:
line at your command prompt to locate the correct directory:
C:\progra~1\networ~1\viruss~1