User Guide

Using VirusScan Command-line Options
116 McAfee VirusScan
/VIRLIST On-demand
scanning only
Displays the name and a brief description of each
virus that the scanner detects.
You may use the /PAUSE option on the same
command line as /VIRLIST to read the virus list
one screen at a time.
To redirect the /VIRLIST output to a text file:
At the command prompt, type
scan /VIRLIST <
filename> .txt
Because the scanner can detect many viruses, this
file will be over 250 pages long. This is too large
for the MS-DOS Edit program to open; McAfee
VirusScan recommends using Notepad or another
text editor to open the virus list.
/XMSDATA On-access
scanning only
Loads VShield data files into XMS memory.
Table C-1. VirusScan command-line scanner options