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Questions:
What are the most comprehensive savscan switches?
said differently ...
What are the savscan switches that will do the 'most work'?
the 'most work' means:
- display the most information and
- highest amount of 'files scanned' and
- scan the whole file, not Quick scan, but Full scan and
- switches giving the most thorough scan (comprehensive scan).
Below are seven (7) test results for a computer from the
least time 23 seconds to
most time 43 + minutes:
1.
sudo savscan /media/user/usb_4GB_F32
___120 files scanned in __ minutes and 23 seconds.
2.
sudo savscan /
_92431 files scanned in _7 minutes and 19 seconds.
3.
sudo savscan / -dn *
_92821 files scanned in _7 minutes and 25 seconds.
4.
sudo savscan / -all
439201 files scanned in 17 minutes and 53 seconds.
5.
sudo savscan / -all -archive
439198 files scanned in 21 minutes and 14 seconds.
6. Quick scan:
sudo savscan / -all -archive -dn -pua -eec -suspicious -bs -mbr -vv * -sc -c -b -rec -q
438991 files scanned in 27 minutes and 29 seconds.
7. Full scan:
sudo savscan / -all -archive -dn -pua -eec -suspicious -bs -mbr -vv * -sc -c -b -rec -f
439273 files scanned in 43 minutes and 37 seconds.
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Background 1
Download standalone, not Enterprise Console, not Sophos Central:
sav-linux-free-9.tgz 369.4 MB (369,423,602 bytes)
configure all Sophos Anti-Virus functions from the
CLI (Command Line Interface).
Background 2
Operating System command:
lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Background 3
sudo /opt/sophos-av/bin/savdstatus --version
Copyright 1989-2021 Sophos Limited. All rights reserved.
Sophos Anti-Virus = 9.17.1
Build Revision = 2858276
Threat detection engine = 3.83.1
Threat data = 5.89
Threat count = 68748286
Threat data release = Tue 07 Dec 2021 12:00:00 AM
Last update = Sun 12 Dec 2021 08:01:55 AM
Background 4
sudo /opt/sophos-av/bin/savdstatus -vv
Sophos Anti-Virus is active and on-access scanning is running
Background 5
Check that on-access scanning will be started automatically with savd:
sudo /opt/sophos-av/bin/savconfig query EnableOnStart
true
Background 6
Possible drives to be connected, formatted as:
- Windows NTFS
- Windows FAT32
- Windows exFAT
- Linux Ubuntu Ext4
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In other words, from above 7 tests,
the most comprehensive savscan switches
the 'most work' means:
what switches can be added to Full scan below:
sudo savscan / -all -archive -dn -pua -eec -suspicious -bs -mbr -vv * -sc -c -b -rec -f
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