von Bob Loeffler » 15. Jan 2007, 02:59
Hi all,
What are the most common command-line anti-virus software available right now? Do any of you use them on your computers?
I have written a Spamihilator filter that will use your command-line anti-virus software to find spam e-mails. (If a virus is found in an e-mail, the e-mail will be marked as spam.) The filter should NOT be used to run a daily virus scan. It should only be used to scan e-mails to see if they contain viruses. Also, if the filter finds a virus, the AV software shouldn't try to fix or delete the file because I have not tested the filter that way. Fixing or deleting or quarantining the virus will probably return a different exit code and the filter might not recognize it.
The anti-virus software MUST be able to do the following:
1) run from a command-line (DOS) window
2) run in "quiet" or "silent" mode (so its window doesn't appear and it doesn't prompt you for any input)
3) scan a single file (some will only scan a folder)
4) return an error code (e.g. 0=no virus found; 1=virus found; 2=possible virus found) so the filter will know if a virus was found
So far, I have only been able to test "F-Prot for DOS" (free version) and it works with the filter.
I tried to test an old version of AntiVir Personal Edition but it won't run correctly in "silent" mode because it requires me to press the Enter key when finished. The new version of it is called Avira but I have not tested it yet. Has anyone else used it?
Kaspersky has a command-line anti-virus version, but I haven't tried it yet. Does anyone have experience with it?
Does Norton, McAfee, BitDefender or Avast have a command-line version? If so, do any of you have experience with it?
The filter is not ready to give to anyone yet, but it will be soon. Then maybe some of the users here on the forum can test it with their anti-virus software.
Regards,
Bob
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