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EMCO Network Malware Cleaner now supports command line scanning this means that
you can now scan you local machines as well as remote machines using command line.
All you have to do is just provide the machine names list that you want to scan in the
command line arguments to Network Malware Cleaner.
This is also very helpful when you want to schedule scan operation for selected
machines. You can create a Batch script file and that put it in to Windows Task
Scheduler. And it will automatically scan the selected machines on the specified time.
In this tutorial we will discuss how you can scan your machines via command line in
Network Malware Cleaner. After that we will discuss. How you can create a task
schedule for this script to be executed automatically.
To scan your local machine via Command Line:
To scan your local machine via Command Line, perform the following steps:
To manually scan local machine perform he following steps:
1. Click Start button shown on your desktop.
2. Select Run menu item from popup menu.
3. Run dialog box will appear on the screen.
4. Type in CMD on the Open textbox and click OK button.
5. Command Prompt will appear on the screen.
6. Move to EMCO Network Malware Cleaner installation folder by typing CD
C:\Program Files\EMCO Network Malware Cleaner on command prompt.
7. Type in MalwareCleaner.exe/scanlocal on the command prompt and hit Return
or Enter key.
8. This will start scanning your local machine.
To scan your remote machines via Command Line:
To scan your remote machines via Command Line perform the following steps:
To manually scan remote machines on your network perform he following steps:
1. Click Start button shown on your desktop.
2. Select Run menu item from popup menu.
3. Run dialog box will appear on the screen.
4. Type in CMD on the Open textbox and click OK button.
5. Command Prompt will appear on the screen.
6. Move to EMCO Network Malware Cleaner installation folder by typing CD
C:\Program Files\EMCO Network Malware Cleaner on command prompt.
7. Type in the following commands according to your requirements:
• For Scan Only Operation
MalwareCleaner.exe /SCANONLY /QUEUE:<C:\Machines.mdf>
• For Scan and Clean Operation
MalwareCleaner.exe /SCANCLEAN /QUEUE:<C:\Machines.mdf>
In the above commands MalwareCleaner.exe is the actual name of the Network
Malware Cleaner program file. Provide SCANONLY argument when you only want to
perform a scan operation; it will only detect the Malware on selected machines. Whereas
provide SCANCLEAN argument when you not only want to scan your machines rather
it will also clean if it founds any Malware on your machines.
8. This will start scanning selected machines.
To schedule a Scan Operation:
To schedules a Scan Operation perform the following steps:
1. The first step is to create a batch file for which we will create a task schedule.
2. Click Start button shown on your desktop.
3. Select Run menu item from popup menu.
4. Run dialog box will appear on the screen.
5. Type in notepad.exe on the Open textbox and click OK button.
6. This will launch Notepad.
7. Type in the following commands according to your requirements:
• For Scan Only Operation
"C:\Program Files\EMCO Network Malware Cleaner
\MalwareCleaner.exe" "/SCANONLY" "/QUEUE:<C:\Machines.mdf>"
• For Scan and Clean Operation
"C:\Program Files\EMCO Network Malware Cleaner
\MalwareCleaner.exe" "/SCANCLEAN" "/QUEUE:<C:\Machines.mdf>"
8. Click Save As menu item under File menu.
9. File Save dialog box will appear on the screen.
10. Type in the required file name ending with .bat.
11. From the file type select All Files.
12. Click Save button.
13. This will the batch file on selected location.
14. Click Start button shown on your desktop.
15. Select Control Panel menu item from popup menu.
16. Control Panel window will appear on the screen.
17. Double click Scheduled Tasks icon.
18. This will launch the Scheduled Tasks window.
19. Double click Add Scheduled Task icon.
20. This will launch Scheduled Task Wizard.
21. Click Next button on the first screen.
22. Click Browse button to select the required program that you want to schedule.
23. Select Program to Schedule dialog box will appear on the screen.
24. Located the required Batch file and click Open button.
25. Select how often you want to repeat this schedule.
26. Click Next button.
27. Select the required start time and date for this task and click Next button.
28. Type in the username and password of the user with which you want to execute
this task.
29. Click Finish button.
30. This will add the selected task schedule.