User Guide

Administrator’s Guide 167
Using VirusScan Command-line Options
/NOCOMP This option tells the VirusScan application not to scan any files in
compressed file archives. This can speed up scan operations.
/CONTINUE This option tells the VirusScan application to continue the scan operation
automatically when it detects a virus.
/PROMPT This option tells the VirusScan application to ask you what to do when it
finds a virus. The application will display an alert message that gives you
several options from which to choose.
/NOPROMPT This option tells the VirusScan application not to ask what to do when it
finds a virus. Instead, it will automatically take the actions you’ve
specified elsewhere in the command line. You can specify these
automatic responses: /CONTINUE, /CLEAN, /DELETE, /MOVE
/CLEAN This option tells the VirusScan application to automatically clean any
infected files it finds. The application “cleans” a file by removing virus
code from it.
/DELETE This option tells the VirusScan application to automatically delete any
infected files it finds.
/MOVE This option tells the VirusScan application to automatically move any
infected files it finds to a predefined quarantine directory.
/BEEP This option tells the VirusScan application to beep when it finds a virus.
Your computer will play the default alert beep or .WAV file you’ve
assigned.
/NOBEEP This option tells the VirusScan application not to beep when it finds a
virus. This option does not affect any other alert methods you’ve
configured.
/RPTSIZE This option tells the VirusScan application how large it can let the
VSCLOG.TXT file get. You must specify a value, in kilobytes, on the
same command line.
/BOOT This option tells the VirusScan application to look for viruses in your hard
disk’s boot sector, or in the boot sector of any floppy disk you have in
your drive.
/NOBOOT This option tells the VirusScan application not to look for viruses in your
hard disk boot sector or in the boot sectors of any floppy disk you have in
your drive.
/EXT This option tells the VirusScan application to replace the default program
extension list it uses to narrow the scope of its scan operations with a list
made up of the extensions you specify on the same command line.
During the scan operation, the application will look for viruses only in
files that have the extensions you specify.
Table C-2. SCAN32.EXE command-line options