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Trigger scan with vbscript

ricdgr

Hi there,

Is there any way to trigger a full scan with vbscript, like there is for triggering autoupdates?

Thanks

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    Hi,

    Not with a direct call but you can run:

    64-bit:

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanClient.exe" {F86EBCD5-687E-40B1-800D-021062361F6C}

    32-bit:

    "C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\BackgroundScanClient.exe" {F86EBCD5-687E-40B1-800D-021062361F6C}

    That will run the same scan as "Scan my computer".

    If you have to use VBS you could call the above using the Run method: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5fk67ky(v=vs.84).aspx.

    Regards,

    Jak

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    Hi Jak,

    i run a shutdown script to scan my system and power it off after scan is finished.

    Do you have an idea how the script can notice that the scan is finished?

    Atm i use sav32cli.exe -f to scan - .exe is terminated when scan is finished an script continues.

    However sav32cli.exe takes about 4 hours to scan, "Full Scan" just about 1 hour.

    Are there other options than "-f" to achive same scan behaviour than a full scan?

    Thanks, Marco

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