McAfee VIRUSSCAN 4.5 Administrator's Manual page 161

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Table C-1. VirusScan command-line scanner options
/NOREMOVE
/NOWARMBOOT
/NOXMS
/ONLY <drive(s)>
/PANALYZE
/PAUSE
/PLAD
/RECONNECT
/REMOVE
On-access
Prevents users from removing the VShield scanner
scanning only
from memory with the /REMOVE switch.
On-access
Does not check the disk boot sector of the floppy
scanning only
disk in drive A: for viruses during warm boot
(system reset or
On-access
Does not use extended memory (XMS).
scanning only
On-access
Checks only files loaded from the specified
scanning only
drive(s).
On-demand
Sets the VirusScan scanner to use program
scanning only
heuristics.
Extended
/MANALYZE targets macro viruses only;
memory
/ANALYZE targets both program and macro
required
viruses.
On-demand
Enables screen pause.
scanning only
The Press any key to continue prompt will
appear when the scanner fills a screen with
messages. Otherwise, by default, the scanner fills
and scrolls a screen continuously without stopping,
which allows it to run on PCs with multiple drives or
that have severe infections, without needing your
input.
McAfee recommends omitting /PAUSE when using
the report options (/REPORT, /RPTCOR, and
/RPTERR)
On-demand
Preserves the last access dates on Novell
scanning only
NetWare drives.
Normally, proprietary network drives update the
last access date when the scanner opens and
examines a file. However, some tape backup
systems use this last access date to decide
whether to back up the file. Use /PLAD to ensure
that the last access date does not change as the
result of scanning
On-access
Restores the VShield scanner after it has been
scanning only
disabled by certain drivers or memory-resident
programs.
On-access
Unloads the VShield scanner from memory.
scanning only
Using VirusScan Command-line Options
+
+
).
CTRL
ALT
DEL
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