General Settings - Antivirus Tab

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You can command 3D-FTP to invoke your antivirus software to automatically check all downloaded files for viruses. Because the 3D-FTP does not ship with antivirus software, you must have separate antivirus software (like Norton Antivirus, McAfee VirusScan, Panda Antivirus, etc.) installed to utilize this feature.

Here is how this feature works:

1.	3D-FTP downloads all files in the transfer queue

2.	After transfer is complete, 3D-FTP invokes your antivirus software separately for each file

3.	3D-FTP passes the downloaded filename as part of the command line when invoking antivirus software

4.	3D-FTP displays a progress bar during the virus scan. You can cancel this operation any time if you prefer. Downloaded files are not removed if you cancel virus scanning, only virus scanning is cancelled.

Antivirus protection

Scan files for viruses after download

Select this check box to turn on antivirus checking. You also must select the antivirus executable location and the command line below to successfully perform the scanning.   


Antivirus software settings

Antivirus software executable location

Enter your antivirus software executable location with full pathname. Click the ... button on the right to select the filename from the list. Examples are:

·	C:\Program Files\Norton Antivirus\NAVW32.exe

·	D:\Antivirus\Scan.exe

This executable is called separately for each downloaded file, so if you have downloaded 100 files, then antivirus software is called 100 times.


Command line for antivirus software

Enter parameters that are passed as part of command line to antivirus software. Use the %filename macro as part of the command line. This macro is replaced with the full pathname of each downloaded file when the antivirus software is executed. Examples:

·	/noresults /m- /b- "%filename" (command line for Norton Antivirus software)

·	/nodda /nomem /autoexit /uinone "%filename" (command line McAfee VirusScan)

In the above examples, %filename is replaced with the actual filename of the downloaded file, like "c:\temp\download\setup302.exe" so full expanded command line in first example becomes /noresults /m- /b- "c:\temp\download\setup302.exe"

The quotes used in the examples above are normally necessary for passing long filenames with spaces properly. Please consult your antivirus software for the proper command line switches needed (use 'command line' search phrase to locate info from your antivirus software online help).

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Related:
File Tab
Mode Tab
Queue Tab
Firewall
Advanced Tab
Other Tab
Sounds Tab
Logs Tab
Antivirus Tab