MSAV will scan the specified drive for known viruses. If no drive is
specified,
the current drive will be scanned.
MSAV creates a CHKLIST.MS file in each directory that is scanned for
viruses.
The first time you scan a directory checksums are recorded for each
program in
the CHKLIST.MS file. With subsequent scans, new checksums are compared
to the
originals to see if the program files have changed. If there is a
change, it
may indicate a virus infection.
Options
/S - Scans the specified drive without removing the viruses that are
found.
/C - Scans the specified drive removing any viruses that are found.
/R - Creates a file, named MSAV.RPT, that lists the number of files
that were
scanned, the number of viruses found, and the number of viruses removed.
If you
do not specify this option, a report will not be created. If created,
the
MSAV.RPT file will be placed in the root directory.
/A - Scans all drives except A and B.
/L - Scans all local drives except network drives.
/N - Used to display the contents of an MSAV.TXT file, if it exists and
if it
is located in the directory that contains the MSAV.EXE file. MSAV then
scans
the specified drive. MSAV does not use the graphical interface. If a
virus is
detected, MSAV returns exit code 86 instead of displaying a message on
your
screen. This error code means that more than one or more viruses were
found.
/P - Displays a command-line interface instead of the graphical
interface.
/F - Turns off the display of filenames that have been scanned. This
option
should be used only with the /N or /P options .
/video - Displays a list of switches that can be used to affect how
MSAV is
displayed. The following switches are included in this list:
/25 - Sets the screen display to 25 lines. This is the default
setting.
/28 - Sets the screen display to 28 lines (for VGA display adapters
only).
/43 - Sets the screen display to 43 lines (for EGA and VGA display
adapters).
/50 - Sets the screen display to 50 lines (for VGA display
adapters
only).
/60 - Sets the screen display to 60 lines (for Video 7 display adapters
only).
/IN - Runs MSAV using a color scheme, even is a color display adapter
is not
detected.
/BW - Runs MSAV using a black-and-white color scheme.
/MONO - Runs MSAV using a monochromatic color scheme.
/LCD - Runs MSAV using an LCD color scheme.
/FF - Uses the fastest screen updating on computers with CGA display
adapters
(this may decrease video quality).
/BF - Uses the computer`s BIOS to display video.
/NF - Disables the use of alternate fonts.
/BT - Allows use of a graphics mouse in Windows
/NGM - Runs MSAV using the default mouse character instead of the
graphics
character.
/LE - Exchanges left and right mouse buttons.
/PS2 - Resets the mouse if the mouse cursor disappears or locks up.
/mouse - There are three mouse related options :
NGM - No graphics mouse. The default mouse character is used rather
than a
graphics cursor in full-screen display.
LE - Switches the left and right mouse buttons.
PS2 - Resets the mouse if the cursor disappears or freezes.
/video - If you specify this option alone on the command line, MSAVE
will
display a list of the available video and mouse options .
Example
To scan the current directory, removing any found viruses, enter the
following:
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