.TH "clamscan" "1" "December 30, 2008" "ClamAV @VERSION@" "Clam AntiVirus"

 .SH "NAME"
 .LP 

 clamscan \- scan files and directories for viruses

 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .LP 
 clamscan [options] [file/directory/\-]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .LP 

 clamscan is a command line anti\-virus scanner.

 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .LP 

 Most of the options are simple switches which enable or disable some features. Options marked with [=yes/no(*)] can be optionally followed by =yes/=no; if they get called without the boolean argument the scanner will assume 'yes'. The asterisk marks the default internal setting for a given option.

 .TP 
 \fB\-h, \-\-help\fR

 Print help information and exit.

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 \fB\-V, \-\-version\fR

 Print version number and exit.

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 \fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fR

 Be verbose.
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 \fB\-\-debug\fR

 Display debug messages from libclamav.

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 \fB\-\-quiet\fR

 Be quiet (only print error messages).

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 \fB\-\-stdout\fR

 Write all messages (except for libclamav output) to the standard output (stdout).

 .TP 
 \fB\-d FILE/DIR, \-\-database=FILE/DIR\fR

 Load virus database from FILE or load all virus database files from DIR.

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 \fB\-l FILE, \-\-log=FILE\fR

 Save scan report to FILE.

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 \fB\-\-tempdir=DIRECTORY\fR

 Create temporary files in DIRECTORY. Directory must be writable for the '@CLAMAVUSER@' user or unprivileged user running clamscan.

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 \fB\-\-leave\-temps\fR
 Do not remove temporary files.
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 \fB\-f FILE, \-\-file\-list=FILE\fR
 Scan files listed line by line in FILE.
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 \fB\-r, \-\-recursive\fR

 Scan directories recursively. All the subdirectories in the given directory will be scanned.

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 \fB\-\-bell\fR
 Sound bell on virus detection.
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 \fB\-\-no\-summary\fR

 Do not display summary at the end of scanning.

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 \fB\-\-exclude=PATT, \-\-exclude\-dir=PATT\fR
 Don't scan file/directory names containing PATT. It may be used multiple times.

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 \fB\-\-include=PATT, \-\-include\-dir=PATT\fR
 Only scan file/directory names containing PATT. It may be used multiple times.

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 \fB\-i, \-\-infected\fR

 Only print infected files.

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 \fB\-\-remove[=yes/no(*)]\fR

 Remove infected files. \fBBe careful.\fR

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 \fB\-\-move=DIRECTORY\fR

 Move infected files into DIRECTORY. Directory must be writable for the '@CLAMAVUSER@' user or unprivileged user running clamscan.

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 \fB\-\-copy=DIRECTORY\fR

 Copy infected files into DIRECTORY. Directory must be writable for the '@CLAMAVUSER@' user or unprivileged user running clamscan.

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 \fB\-\-detect\-pua[=yes/no(*)]\fR

 Detect Possibly Unwanted Applications.
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 \fB\-\-exclude\-pua=CATEGORY\fR

 Exclude a specific PUA category. This option can be used multiple times. See http://www.clamav.net/support/pua for the complete list of PUA

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 \fB\-\-include\-pua=CATEGORY\fR

 Only include a specific PUA category. This option can be used multiple times. See http://www.clamav.net/support/pua for the complete list of PUA

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 \fB\-\-detect\-structured[=yes/no(*)]\fR
 Use the DLP (Data Loss Prevention) module to detect SSN and Credit Card numbers inside documents/text files.

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 \fB\-\-structured\-ssn\-format=X\fR

 X=0: search for valid SSNs formatted as xxx-yy-zzzz (normal); X=1: search for valid SSNs formatted as xxxyyzzzz (stripped); X=2: search for both formats. Default is 0.

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 \fB\-\-structured\-ssn\-count=#n\fR

 This option sets the lowest number of Social Security Numbers found in a file to generate a detect (default: 3).

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 \fB\-\-structured\-cc\-count=#n\fR

 This option sets the lowest number of Credit Card numbers found in a file to generate a detect (default: 3).

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 \fB\-\-scan\-mail[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 Scan mail files.

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 \fB\-\-phishing\-sigs[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 Use the signature-based phishing detection.

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 \fB\-\-phishing\-scan\-urls[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 Use the url-based heuristic phishing detection (Phishing.Heuristics.Email.*)

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 \fB\-\-heuristic\-scan\-precedence[=yes/no(*)]\fR

 Allow heuristic match to take precedence. When enabled, if a heuristic scan (such as phishingScan) detects a possible virus/phish it will stop scan immediately. Recommended, saves CPU scan-time. When disabled, virus/phish detected by heuristic scans will be reported only at the end of a scan. If an archive contains both a heuristically detected  virus/phish, and a real malware, the real malware will be reported Keep this disabled if you intend to handle "*.Heuristics.*" viruses  differently from "real" malware. If a non-heuristically-detected virus (signature-based) is found first,  the scan is interrupted immediately, regardless of this config option.

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 \fB\-\-phishing\-ssl[=yes/no(*)]\fR
 Block SSL mismatches in URLs (might lead to false positives!).

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 \fB\-\-phishing\-cloak[=yes/no(*)]\fR
 Block cloaked URLs (might lead to some false positives).

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 \fB\-\-algorithmic\-detection[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 In some cases (eg. complex malware, exploits in graphic files, and others), ClamAV uses special algorithms to provide accurate detection. This option can be used to control the algorithmic detection.

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 \fB\-\-scan\-pe[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 PE stands for Portable Executable \- it's an executable file format used in all 32\-bit versions of Windows operating systems. By default ClamAV performs deeper analysis of executable files and attempts to decompress popular executable packers such as UPX, Petite, and FSG.

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 \fB\-\-scan\-elf[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 Executable and Linking Format is a standard format for UN*X executables. This option controls the ELF support.

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 \fB\-\-scan\-ole2[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 Scan Microsoft Office documents and .msi files.

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 \fB\-\-scan\-pdf[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 Scan within PDF files.

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 \fB\-\-scan\-html[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 Detect, normalize/decrypt and scan HTML files and embedded scripts.

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 \fB\-\-scan\-archive[=yes(*)/no]\fR
 Scan archives supported by libclamav.

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 \fB\-\-detect\-broken[=yes/no(*)]\fR

 Mark broken executables as viruses (Broken.Executable).
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 \fB\-\-block\-encrypted[=yes/no(*)]\fR

 Mark encrypted archives as viruses (Encrypted.Zip, Encrypted.RAR).
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 \fB\-\-mail\-follow\-urls[=yes/no(*)]\fR

 If an email contains URLs ClamAV can download and scan them. \fBWARNING: This option may open your system to a DoS attack. Never use it on loaded servers.\fR
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 \fB\-\-max\-files=#n\fR

 Extract at most #n files from each scanned file (when this is an archive, a document or another kind of container). This option protects your system against DoS attacks (default: 10000)

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 \fB\-\-max\-filesize=#n\fR

 Extract and scan at most #n kilobytes from each archive. You may pass the value in megabytes in format xM or xm, where x is a number. This option protects your system against DoS attacks (default: 25 MB, max: <4 GB)

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 \fB\-\-max\-scansize=#n\fR

 Extract and scan at most #n kilobytes from each scanned file. You may pass the value in megabytes in format xM or xm, where x is a number. This option protects your system against DoS attacks (default: 100 MB, max: <4 GB)

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 \fB\-\-max\-recursion=#n\fR
 Set archive recursion level limit. This option protects your system against DoS attacks (default: 16).

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 \fB\-\-max\-dir\-recursion=#n\fR

 Maximum depth directories are scanned at (default: 15).

 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .LP 
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 (0) Scan a single file:

 
 \fBclamscan file\fR
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 (1) Scan a current working directory:

 
 \fBclamscan\fR
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 (2) Scan all files (and subdirectories) in /home:

 
 \fBclamscan \-r /home\fR
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 (3) Load database from a file:

 \fBclamscan \-d /tmp/newclamdb \-r /tmp\fR

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 (4) Scan a data stream:

 
 \fBcat testfile | clamscan \-\fR
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 (5) Scan a mail spool directory:

 \fBclamscan \-r /var/spool/mail\fR

 .SH "RETURN CODES"
 .LP 

 Note: some return codes may only appear in a single file mode (when clamscan is started with a single argument). Those are marked with \fB(ofm)\fR.

 
 0 : No virus found.
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 1 : Virus(es) found.
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 40: Unknown option passed.
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 50: Database initialization error.

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 52: Not supported file type.
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 53: Can't open directory.
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 54: Can't open file. (ofm)
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 55: Error reading file. (ofm)
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 56: Can't stat input file / directory.
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 57: Can't get absolute path name of current working directory.

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 58: I/O error, please check your file system.

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 62: Can't initialize logger.
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 63: Can't create temporary files/directories (check permissions).
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 64: Can't write to temporary directory (please specify another one).

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 70: Can't allocate memory (calloc).

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 71: Can't allocate memory (malloc).
 .SH "CREDITS"
 Please check the full documentation for credits.
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 .LP 

 Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .LP 

 clamdscan(1), freshclam(1)