How to perform a VirusScan Command Line scan in Microsoft Windows

Artículos técnicos ID: KB51141
Última modificación: 21/08/2020

Entorno

McAfee VirusScan Command Line Scanner (VSCL) 6.1.x
McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine

McAfee DAT
McAfee Beta DAT

Resumen

Usually, VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) and Endpoint Security (ENS) on-demand scans are performed through the VSE or ENS Console. But, sometimes you need to run a scan with strictly required programs. Some situations that might require this include scanning a computer:

Before installing VSE or ENS, to ensure it is clean
If it is infected and you are unable to load VSE or ENS
When VSE or ENS does not install successfully

Recent updates to this article:

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Date	Update
August 21, 2020	Minor formatting changes; no content changes.
May 4, 2018	Removed references to VSCL 6.0.x EOL Added Endpoint Security (ENS) Added VSCL 6.1.x

Solución

Use the following steps to perform a VirusScan command-line scan in Microsoft Windows.

NOTES:

Sometimes you might need to run the command-line scan in Safe Mode.
McAfee recommends that you delete all temporary files from your computer before running any scan. These files include ones in the temp folder, temporary internet files, internet history, and cookies.

Download the latest VSCL from the Product Downloads site. The VSCL has the most up-to-date generic drivers.

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If you do not have a license for VirusScan CLS, contact Technical Support. See the Related Information section for contact information.
Create a folder on the root of your primary partition. In this example: c:\scan\.
On the infected computer, extract the contents of vscl-w32-6.0.x-l.zip (Where 'x' is the present version available) to c:\scan\.
Download the latest beta DAT file.
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Extract the contents of avvwin_netware_betadat.zip to c:\scan\ and overwrite the existing files.
Click Start, Run, type cmd and press Enter.
Navigate to c:\scan, type the following command, and press Enter:

scan.exe /adl /all /analyze /clean /program /unzip /winmem /rptall /report=c:\scan.log

This command starts a complete system scan, which is a best practice.

Información relacionada

See also:

For a list of the VirusScan Command Line Scanner 6.0.x switches, see KB52229.
If you suspect or know that a virus or other threat has infected your computer, see KB61183.
For a troubleshooting procedure that explains how to find possible infected files (the issue is the virus is not detected), see KB53094.

Contacting Technical Support
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Related Microsoft documentation

To start your computer in Safe Mode using the F8 key or the System Configuration Tool, see the following Microsoft articles.

F8 Method

	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zxue/archive/2012/03/08/win8-howto-20-how-to-start-windows-8-in-safe-mode.aspx
Windows 7/Vista	http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode
Windows XP	http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx?mfr=true
Windows 2003	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc706993(WS.10).aspx

System Configuration Tool (msconfig.exe)

Windows 8/7/Vista	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135/
Windows XP	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/
Windows 2003	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325375

Productos implicados

VirusScan Command Line Scanner 6.1.x

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