User Guide

Using VirusScan Command-line Options
112 McAfee VirusScan
/MOVE <dir> or *.??? On-demand
scanning only
/MOVE <directory>:
Moves all infected files found during a scan to the
specified directory, preserving drive letter and
directory structure.
This option has no effect if the Master Boot Record
or boot sector is infected, since these are not
actually files.
/MOVE*.???:
The scanner will change the extension of infected
files, but not move them. For example, using the
/MOVE*.BAD option will result in any infected files
being simply renamed with the extension .BAD but
not physically moved.
/NOBEEP On-demand
scanning only
Disables the tone that sounds whenever the
scanner finds a virus.
/NOBREAK On-demand
scanning only
Disables CTRL-C and CTRL-BREAK during
scans.
Users will not be able to halt scans in progress with
/NOBREAK in use.
Use this option with /LOG to create a meaningful
audit trail of regularly scheduled scans.
/NOCOMP On-demand
scanning only
Extended
memory
required.
Skips checking of compressed executables
created with the LZEXE or PkLite file compression
programs.
This reduces scanning time when you do not need
to run a full operation. Otherwise, by default, the
scanner checks inside executable, or
self-decompressing, files by decompressing each
file in memory and checking for virus signatures.
The scanner will still check for modifications to
compressed executables if they contain VirusScan
validation codes.
Table C-1. VirusScan command-line scanner options