By default f-prot scans all files, including inside archives.
Options | Description |
-ai | Enable neural-network virus detection. The -ai option should not be used with the -noheur option. |
-archive=n [default is 5] | Scan inside supported archives n levels deep, the supported range is between 1 and 99, the default level is 5. Supported archives are .zip, .cab, .tar, .gz, .izh and .arj files. Currently F-Prot Antivirus does not support disinfection or removal of infected files within archives. Unix mailboxes are considered to be archives and therefore F-Prot Antivirus is not able to remove infected attachments. |
-noarchive | Does not scan inside archives. The option -noarchive implies -noserver. |
-server [default] | Attempts to identify infections within password protected archives. The option -server implies -archive. |
-type | Scan files by content. By default f-prot scans all files. By using the -type option, you are instructing the scanner to limit the search to scanning by content. |
-noverver | Does not attempt to identify infections within password protected archives. |
-auto | Automatically remove detected viruses. As noted above, this will not work on archived files. |
-collect | Scan a virus collection. This option is intended for advanced users. When this option is used it will, e.g. scan for bootsector viruses within files, even though the virus resides within a file instead of a bootsector. |
-delete | Delete infected files. By default this requires user confirmation but if you include the -auto option F-Prot Antivirus will not prompt you for confirmation before deleting infected files. F-Prot Antivirus does not support removal of infected files located within archives. |
-disinf | Disinfect whenever possible. By default this requires user confirmation but if you include the -auto option f-prot will not prompt you for confirmation before disinfecting infected files. F-Prot Antivirus does not support disinfection of infected files located within archives. |
-dumb [default] | Scan all files, regardless of extensions or content. |
-ext | Scan only files with default extensions. By default f-prot scans all files. By using the -ext option, you are instructing the scanner to limit the search to files with default extensions. |
-follow | Follow symbolic links. This should be used with care, as the program does not detect "circular" directories, and may get stuck in an endless loop. |
-noheur | Disable heuristic scanning. The -noheur option should not be used with the -ai option. |
-nosub | Do not scan subdirectories. |
-onlyheur | Only use heuristics, do not scan for known virus signatures. By using this option F-Prot Antivirus will only detect a fraction of infected files. |
-packed [default] | Unpack compressed executables. There is no corresponding -nopacked option. This option is provided for legacy reasons. |
-rename | Rename extensions of infected files to prevent them from being executed, e.g. renaming file.com to file.vom
and file.exe to file.vxe. This will not prevent files from being executed on Linux because:
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