I can't get this to work, running pavcl.exe c:\ -aex -mem -del

and it you scans the memory and then exits. What am I doing wrong?

Pedro, when running it from a folder named c:\pavcl32 with the cmd line you suggested it scans the memory and then exits. If I run it from a folder that has spaces and swedish characters in the name it won’t run at all, it just exits to the cmd line. The DOS version of pavcl runs just fine. Using WinXP SP2.

Using the -mem switch will only scan objects loaded in memory (no files). Use the following to scan files on disk: pavcl.exe -aex -cmp -nob -heu:1 c:\path

Go ahead and send me the swedish path you’re using to pbustamante [at] pandasoftware.com

false postive without heuristic on

Dialer.IQQ n c:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5\AdobeUpdaterInstallMgr.exe

Thanks. Please provide file version details to pbustamante[at]pandasoftware.com so we can fix it.

sorry for the false postive i was using older definitions

question heu: parameters

IAre these setting correct heuristic setting

heu:1 = high heuristic detection

heu:2 =medium heuristic detection

heu:3 = low heuristic detection

Yep, correct.

how do i scan only a folder and the files inside it

sample
C:\Documents and Settings\PC\My Documents

tell me the parameters with a sample

The following will do it:

pavcl -nob -nos -cmp -aex -no2 -heu:1 "C:\Documents and Settings\PC\My Documents"

Remember to enclose paths with spaces within quotes. For clarification:

-nob: do not scan boot sector

-nos: deactivate sounds

-cmp: scan compressed files

-aex: scan all extensions

-no2: only detect, don't disinfect

-heu:1 high heuristic settings

Optionally you might not want to use the -no2 parameter if you want to clean the infected files it finds.

where do i get the latest virus defintions for the command-line version of the Panda Engine ?

Im confused about the total number of threats

I downloaded latest definitions and run engine and it says there are 463,200 detected threats

but i look under the new totalscan and it is 755,483 detected threats

please explain these in detail

thank you

On one of the comments above there’s a link to sig updates, but only for testing purposes. For commercial products with regular release sigs visit our main website (www.pandasoftware.com).
Regarding the difference in sigs between the file-based sig and NanoScan/TotalScan sigs, there’s no short answer. I’ll be writing a paper detailing what we call “Collective Intelligence” and how it allows us to detect much more than with traditional AV technologies. In the meantime I suggest reading the NanoScan FAQs for some insight.

Lucass, somehow I lost your comment, but it’s not an error with pavcl. You need to enclose path names with spaces in quotes, such as
pavcl -cmp -aex “c:\this is a directory”
This is common with pretty much all cmd applications.

No problem for my post.
Thanks for your clarification, much appreciated

Regards

PS:When release a new(stable) version of platinum 2007? the new version of command line scanner is available in beta version?

For Panda Internet Security 2007 version 11.01.80 which is also Vista compatible check out http://www.pandasoftware.com/beta. Regarding the new command-line scanner based on the 1.4.3 engine I will probably release it here tomorrow.

Thanks.
The version 11.01.80 in this moment is a beta version
(i have in my virtual machine) and have(no offense) a some bugs in the backup modules, in the firewall warning are missing some infos:
Port and ip address

Truprevent engine is “dead”(in this version) ,i’ve tested a new malwares but truprevent don’t block any malicious behaviour.

Cheers

Hello lucass. Please get in touch with beta[at]pandasoftware.com to let them know about these issues so we can fix them. Thanks!

please update the scan engine in ACTIVESCAN PRO soon
The new engine in so much better in detection

thank you

Hello Jon. We’re building totalscan.com to be the new activescan on steroids. I suggest you use totalscan from now on.

Where I can get data bases updates ?

Well I keep one at http://research.pandasoftware.com/blogs/images/pav.zip but I only update it every
now and then. If you’re looking for a full subscription with daily updates, tech support and such, I recommend you visit our main website.