Trigger scan with vbscript

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

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

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