Run a scan at the command prompt

You can scan with Norton from the command prompt without opening Norton main window. You type the path and name of the file that you want to scan or customize the scan by adding a specific command. The following are some frequently used commands:

/?	NAVW32 launches help and terminates.
/A	Scans all drives
/S-	Disables subfolders scanning
/BOOT	Scans only the boot records
/QUICK	Runs a Quick Scan
[folder_path]\*[?]	Scans the files that matches specified wild card
[drive\|folder\|file]	Scans the specified drive, folder, or file

Run a scan from the command prompt

At the command prompt, type the path in which Norton is located and the executable's file name.

The following examples show the syntax of a scan command:
- "\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\version\NAVW32" /command_name
  
  Where version represents the version number of your Norton service and command_name represents the command.
- "\Program Files\Norton Security\Engine\version\NAVW32" [path]file_name
  
  Where version represents the version number of your Norton service and [path] file_name represents the location, name, and extension of the file.
Press Enter.

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