| Basic options |
Description |
| /base-dir=directory |
path to load modules from |
| /quar-dir=directory |
path to use for quarantining files |
| /exclude=MASK |
exclude files matching MASK from scanning |
| /subdir |
scan subdirectories (default) |
| /no-subdir |
do not scan subdirectories |
| /max-subdir-level=number |
maximum number of subdirectories to scan recursively (by default, 0, which is unlimited) |
| /symlink |
follow symbolic links (default) |
| /no-symlink |
skip symbolic links |
| /ads |
scan Alternate Data Streams (ADS) (default) |
| /no-ads |
do not scan ADS |
| /log-file=file |
log output to file |
| /log-rewrite |
overwrite output file (default - append) |
| /log-console |
log output to console (default) |
| /no-log-console |
do not log output to console |
| /log-all |
also log clean files |
| /no-log-all |
do not log clean files (default) |
| /aind |
show activity indicator |
| /auto |
scan and automatically clean all local disks |
| Scanner options |
Description |
| /files |
scan files (default) |
| /no-files |
do not scan files |
| /memory |
scan memory |
| /boots |
scan boot sectors (default) |
| /no-boots |
do not scan boot sectors |
| /arch |
scan archives (default) |
| /no-arch |
do not scan archives |
| /max-obj-size=number |
only scan files smaller than SIZE megabytes (default 0 = unlimited) |
| /max-archive-level=number |
maximum number of archives to scan recursively (by default, 0, which is unlimited) |
| /scan-timeout=number |
maximum amount of time in seconds to scan an archive file |
| /max-arch-size=number |
maximum number of bytes to scan inside an archive file(by default, 0, which is unlimited) |
| /max-sfx-size=number |
only scan the files in a self-extracting archive if they are smaller than SIZE megabytes (default 0 = unlimited) |
| /mail |
scan email files |
| /no-mail |
do not scan email files |
| /mailbox |
scan mailboxes (default) |
| /no-mailbox |
do not scan mailboxes |
| /sfx |
scan self-extracting archive files |
| /no-sfx |
do not scan self-extracting archive files |
| /rtp |
scan runtime packed files |
| /no-rtp |
do not scan runtime packed files |
| /adware |
scan for Adware/Spyware/Riskware |
| /no-adware |
do not scan for Adware/Spyware/Riskware |
| /unsafe |
scan for potentially unsafe applications |
| /no-unsafe |
do not scan for potentially unsafe applications |
| /unwanted |
scan for potentially unwanted applications |
| /no-unwanted |
do not scan for potentially unwanted applications |
| /pattern |
use signatures |
| /no-pattern |
do not use signatures |
| /heur |
enable heuristics |
| /no-heur |
disable heuristics |
| /adv-heur |
enable Advanced heuristics |
| /no-adv-heur |
disable Advanced heuristics |
| /ext=extension |
scan only files ending in extension (use a colon character (':') to separate extensions) |
| /ext-exclude=extension |
do not scan any files ending in extension (use a colon character (':') to separate extensions) |
| /clean-mode=MODE |
use cleaning MODE for infected objects. Available options: none, standard (default), strict, rigorous, delete |
| /quarantine |
copy infected files to Quarantine (supplements action) |
| /no-quarantine |
do not copy infected files to Quarantine |
| General options |
Description |
| /help |
show help and quit |
| /version |
show version information and quit |
| /preserve-time |
preserve last access timestamp |
| Exit codes* |
Description |
| 0 |
no threat found |
| 1 |
threat found and cleaned |
| 10 |
some files could not be scanned (may be threats) |
| 50 |
threat found |
| 100 |
error |
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