Installation guide

ScriptScan, Setup knows that you must have the on-access scanner installed to use those
features. It therefore installs any required files.
Use these feature names as command-line parameters:
DefinitionFeature
Installs the VirusScan Console and all of its features (default = Console).Console
Automatically updates DAT files, scanning engine, and other product upgrades.AutoUpdate
Scans Lotus Notes email.LotusNotesScan
Scans Microsoft Outlook email.EmailScan
Protects your system against potential threats from any source as files are read from or
written to disk.
OnAccessScanner
Protects your system access points.AccessProtection
Protects your system against buffer overflow exploits. Not installed on 64-bit systems, nor
if the Host Intrusion Prevention agent or the Cisco Security agent is found on a local system.
BufferOverflow
Scans scripts (Java Script and VBScript) before they are executed.ScriptScan
The scanner that allows you to perform either immediate or scheduled on-demand scan
tasks.
OnDemandScanner
The feature that allows you to perform on-demand right-click scan tasks.ShellExtensions
Restart options
You can force a restart if one is required, prevent the destination computer from restarting
during the installation, or always perform a restart. To do this, add the reboot property to the
command line:
DefinitionOption
Forces a restart if one is required.REBOOT=F
Prevents a restart.
NOTE: Use this command to run a silent installation and prevent a system restart:
setup.exe REBOOT=R /q
REBOOT=R
Always restarts.REBOOT=A
Installation progress options
To record installation progress in a log file, add this option and parameter to the Setup command
line:
/l*v "c:\temp\log.txt"
Here, c:\temp\log.txt is any location and any file name for the log file. This option logs all installer
activity including all files copied, all registry keys added, and all .ini file changes.
To limit the type of data that the log file records, replace the asterisk (*) in the command-line
example with one or more of these parameters:
DefinitionOption
status messagesI
non-fatal warningsw
all error messagese
action startsa
action-specific recordsr
user requestsu
Installing VirusScan Enterprise
Using the command line to install the software
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