ADAWARE SE COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

Pete · External Since: Nov 02, 2004 Posts: 1

I've been running ADAWARE from a bat every night. I've just installed
ADAWARE SE and can't get it running from my bat. What is the secret?
I used "C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6\Ad-aware.exe" c:\ +a +1
which ran fine. I've tried ""C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware SE
Personal\Ad-Aware.exe" /smart +auto" and the old options and can't get
it running.
Thanks for your help

ThinkHard · Joined: May 20, 2007 Posts: 5

I think only in pay versions you can use the command line options.
Rolling Eyes

User: inactive Posts:

For goodness sake, look at the date on Pete's post!

That's three years old and AdAware 6 has been out of date almost that long.

For a list of command line options, open a command prompt and enter the complete path to Ad-Aware.exe and type this command:

Ad-Aware.exe /?

and you will get the entire list of command line options.
However, you will find that those options are only for the Plus or Pro versions of AdAware. You cannot use command line options with the FREE version.

Shadow Cool

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I've recently purchased AdAware 2007, Plus version.

Here are the command line parameters for it:

With Respect, this info is NOT for those who do not know DOS or how to use the command line with correct syntax.

Using Command Line Parameters

Ad-Aware 2007 can be operated without using the graphical user interface (GUI). It can be controlled by using command line parameters. UNC paths are supported.
Example:
>Ad-Aware2007.exe /Smart /Silent /Cookies
Ad-Aware will run in the background (without the GUI) and perform a Smart Scan with cookie scan turned on.
Scanning Parameters
/Full
Performs a Full Scan. If set, this parameter will override all other scanning parameters, except the optional Full Scan settings: /Cookie /ADS and /MRU.
/Smart
Performs a Smart Scan. If set, this parameter will override all other scan parameters except the optional Smart Scan settings: /Cookie /ADS and /MRU, and /Full, which takes precedence over /Smart.
/Processes
Scans all active processes.
/Reg
Scans the registry.
/RegPE
Scans registry executables.
/Hosts
Scans the Hosts file.
/exe
Scans only executable files.
/zip
Scans archives
/deepzip
Deep-scans archives.
/Spanned
Scans spanned files.
/ukpds
Unloads all malicious programs. The /process option has to be set for this option to have effect.
/PBH
Scans for possible browser hijacks.
/LSP
Scans Layered Service Providers.
/Path [filepath]
Sets a folder to be scanned. If you want to scan more than one folder, you will have to use this parameter for each folder.
Usage: /Path C:\Windows\ /Path C:\Program Files\
/Cookies
Scans Tracking Cookies.
/ADS
Scans Alternate Data Streams.
/MRU
Scans Most Recently Used (MRU) lists.
Other Scanning Options
/FileSize [0]
Sets the maximum size of the files to be scanned in kilobytes. If it is not set, it will default to 0 (i.e. all files will be scanned).
Usage: /FileSize 4000
/ScanTAI [1-10]
Sets the lowest TAI to scan for. If not set, TAI 3 will be used.
Usage: /ScanTAI 5
Cleaning
/Clean
Detected malware will be cleaned.
/CleanTAI [1-10]
Set the lowest TAI to clean.
Usage: /CleanTAI 4
/NoQuarantine
Infections will not be quarantined before removal. If this option is not set, all infections will be quarantined.
Updates
/Update
Performs a Web Update to look for a new Definitions File. If there is a newer version it will be downloaded and installed.
/Backup [filename]
Creates a backup of the current Definitions File before updating.
Usage: /Backup defs.bak
Miscellaneous
/Silent
Runs Ad-Aware 2007 without showing the graphical user interface and performs a scan that automatically quarantines any detected objects.
/Stat [filename]
Creates a file containing statistics, version numbers and settings for the scan.
Usage: /Stat scanstats.txt
© 2007 Lavasoft AB

Good Luck,
Shadow Cool