How to use the command-line scanner This feature is only available in avast! Pro antivirus and avast! Internet Security. The ashCmd program uses the. Using McAfee Command Line Scanner for Windows within MailEnable SUMMARY. Instructions for configuring McAfee Antivirus with MailEnable as an antivirus plug-in.

Simple answer: 'C: program files windows defender mpcmdrun.exe' -scan -scantype 2 Elaborated: 1) Open a simple (not elevated) command prompt. It should not be necessary to open an elevated one. 2) Type/copy-->'C: program files windows defender mpcmdrun.exe' -scan -scantype 2 C: program files windows defender mpcmdrun.exe should be the deafult location of mpcmdrun.exe Using only -scan parameter will use the default settings of Windows defender/essentials To be certain that it will be performed a full system scan, you need to use the -scantype 2 parameter, like said in the mpcmdrun help. 3) If you have errors, first try to locate where it is the mpcmdrun.exe file on your machine. Type directly from start-run: cmd /k c: progra~1 window~2 MpCmdRun.exe -signatureupdate && c: progra~1 window~2 MpCmdRun.exe -scan -scantype 2 Output: Signature update started... Signature update finished.

No updates needed Scan starting. Scan finished. If it should not work, check the real pathnames of 'c: program files' and 'c: program files windows defender'; type directly from start-run: cmd /k dir c: pro* /x Output: 22.38 PROGRA~1 Program Files 21.14 PROGRA~2 Program Files (x86) Type directly from start-run: cmd /k dir c: progra~1 windows* /x Output: 20.56 WINDOW~2 Windows Defender 20.56 WIA843~1 Windows Journal 20.56 WI6A8C~1 Windows Mail 14.23 WI54FB~1 Windows Media Player 09.13 WI7A8C~1 Windows Multimedia Platform 09.12 WINDOW~3 Windows NT 20.56 WINDOW~4 Windows Photo Viewer 09.13 WIBFE5~1 Windows Portable Devices.

Option Description /? Display this help screen.

/AD Scan all drives (not removable media). /ADL Scan all local drives (not removable media). /ADN Scan all network drives. /AFC= Set the size(in MB) of the internal cache used when decompressing archive files. /ALL Scan all files regardless of filename extension.

/ALLOLE Treat all files as compound/OLE regardless of extension. /ANALYZE Turn on heuristic analysis for programs and macros. /APPEND Append to report file rather than overwriting. /APPENDBAD Append to bad file rather than overwriting.

/ASCII Display filenames as ASCII text. /BADLIST= Filename and path for bad list log file. /BOOT Scan boot sector and master boot record only. /CHECKLIST= Scan list of files contained in. /CLEAN Clean viruses from infected files and system areas.

/CONTACTFILE= Display contents of when a virus is found. /DAM Remove all macros from infected MS Office files. /DEL Delete infected files. Waves Dorrough Meter. /DOHSM Scan migrated files (hierarchical storage management). /DRIVER= Directory specifying location of DAT files.

/EXCLUDE= Do not scan files listed in. /EXTENSIONS Scan defaults and user extension list. /EXTLIST List file extensions scanned by default. /EXTRA = Scan using an Extra DAT file. Delphi 7 Rave Reports Update here. Specify the full path and file name of the Extra DAT file. /FAM Find all macros - not just infected macros. Use with /DAM to remove all macros. Write Bitmap To File Java.

/FDC Force digital signature check. /FREQUENCY= Do not scan after the previous scan.

/HELP Display this help screen. /HTML= Create an HTML report file. /LOAD= Load options from. /LOUD Include all scanned files in the /REPORT file. /MAILBOX Scan inside plain text mailboxes. /MANALYZE Turn on macro heuristics. /MANY Scan many floppy diskettes.