Command Line Scanning Mode

You can run Dr.Web Scanner for Windows in the command line mode which allows to specify settings of the current scanning session and the list of objects for scanning as additional parameters. Automatic activation of the Scanner according to schedule is performed in this mode.

The launching command syntax is as follows:

[path_to_program] dwscanner [objects] [keys]

The list of objects for scanning can be empty or contain several elements separated with blanks.

The most commonly used examples of specifying the objects for scanning are given below:

•	/FAST perform an express scan of the system (for more information on the express scan mode see Scan Modes.)

•	/FULL perform a full scan of all hard drives and removable data carriers (including boot sectors).

•	/LITE perform a basic scan of random access memory, boot sectors of all disks and startup objects.

Switches are command line parameters which specify the program’s settings. If no switches are defined, scanning is performed with the settings specified earlier (or with the default settings if you have not changed them).

Each switch begins with a forward slash (/) character and is separated with a blank from other switches.