thanks Bill, f-prot was the scanner, sorry about that. I'll just leave it in then if it does not hurt...
bob On Tuesday, June 8, 2004 10:33 PM, Bill Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bob McGregor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> what does the /packed parameter on the scanfile line in the config file >do? >> Is it a switch that I want on? It's not mentioned in the manual for >declude virus. > >Bob, you don't mention which virus scanner you're using, but I'm going to >assume that it's F-Prot. Here is a description of the different switches >that fpcmd supports: > >Usage: f-prot [drive, file or directory] [options] > > -ai Enable neural-network virus detection. > -append Append to existing report file. > -archive Scan inside .ZIP and .ARJ files. > -auto Automatic virus removal. > -collect Scan a virus collection. > -delete Delete infected files. > -disinf Disinfect whenever possible. > -dumb Do a "dumb" scan of all files. > -ext Scan only files with default extensions. > -follow Follow symbolic links. > -help Display this list. > -list List all files checked. > -nobreak Do not abort scan if ESC is pressed. > -noheur Disable heuristics. > -nosub Do not scan subdirectories. > -old Do not complain when using outdated DEF files. > -onlyheur Only use heuristics, not "normal" scanning. > -packed Unpack compressed executables. > -page Pause after each page. > -rename Rename infected COM/EXE files to VOM/VXE. > >Press <ENTER> to continue to view the command-line options. > > -report= Send the output to a file. > -server Activate mail filter heuristics. > -silent Do not generate any screen output. > -type Select files by type. (default) > -verno Show version information. > -virlist List the known viruses. > -virno Count the known viruses. > -wrap Wrap text so the report fits in 78 columns. > >Special macro virus options: > > -nomacro Do not scan for macro viruses. > -onlymacro Only scan for macro viruses. > -removeall Remove all macros from all documents. > -removenew Remove new variants of macro viruses by removing all macros >from infected documents. > -saferemove Remove all macros from documents, if a known >virus is found. > >I have used the "packed" switch with F-Prot for about a year now. Don't >know if it has helped any, but it certainly has not hurt >anything. > >Bill > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus >(http://www.declude.com)] > >--- >This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and >type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found >at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
