Supported platforms for VirusScan Command-Line Scanner 6.x
Technical Articles ID:
KB52944
Last Modified: 4/18/2022
Environment
VirusScan Command Line Scanner (VSCL) 6.x
Summary
As new operating systems or Service Packs are released, the original product guides might not reflect the current support policy for those platforms. Most of the following information is available in the product installation guides and Readme.txt files. But, some of the information is available only in Product Management statements published in the Knowledge Base.
VSCL 6.0.x
Improvements over previous versions include V2 DAT support, multi-threaded scanning support, and XML reports.
Key product details
VSCL 6 integration with email or gateway scanning.
VSCL integrates antimalware protection.
VSCL is one option to integrate our leading antimalware protection into server environments where other, more optimized integrations might not apply.
For optimal performance and protection, we recommend that you install and run our server or gateway products that closely fit the desired integration where possible. These products are designed for gateway use cases, such as email scanning, while VSCL has different design intentions and capabilities. To find the appropriate solution for your needs, contact your sales representative.
VSCL isn't designed to handle the high transaction rate and concurrent file operations in a typical server environment. For those environments, we recommend that you use only our server or gateway family of products. If you still wish to use VSCL in a server environment, we recommend that you do so only for scanning larger collections of static data where possible. We don't recommend that you invoke it for single file scanning on a repeated basis. This recommendation improves the overall performance experience with VSCL by reducing the DAT initialization overhead.
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EOL date—The last day that the product is supported, according to the terms of our standard support offering.
