Panda Antivirus for Linux

How does it work?

Parameters in the execution of the antivirus in command line (pavcl) Panda Antivirus for Linux allows different operations to be carried out, depending on the option or parameter which accompany the execution of the file pavcl. These are as follows:

Its syntax is the following:

pavcl [Scan path] -parameter1 -parameter2 ... -parameterN

pavcl -nbr

This parameter or option prevents the user from interrupting the execution of the antivirus pavcl using the keys CTRL-C. However, the kill command can always be used to stop the execution.

pavcl -clv

When a scan is carried out and a virus is detected, the user will be asked what action they want the antivirus to take in order to remove the virus (disinfect, delete, etc).

pavcl -nsb

These two parameters indicate that the subdirectories (subfolders) correspond to the directory (folder) that is being scanned, they are not the target of this scan. If you use one of them, the antivirus will scan, by default, the corresponding directory and all of its subdirectories.

pavcl -heu

Allows a heuristic scan to be carried out. This scan consists of detecting viruses that have recently appeared, which the antivirus has not yet included in the Virus Signature File (this detects viruses that already exist). This results in a slower but more effective scan.

The majority of detectable viruses are usually included in the Signature File, recent viruses are added every time this file or the antivirus is updated.

pavcl -cmp

Allows compressed files to be scanned. These files as well as every file they contain will be scanned.

pavcl -nso
pavcl -nos

Both of these parameters prevent the use of audio virus alerts through the speaker of the computer.

pavcl -aex

Both of these parameters allow all of the files in the scanned drive and directory/directories to be subject to the scan. By default, the antivirus will only scan the extensions which usually house viruses (EXE, COM, SYS...). However, sometimes it may be worth scanning files with any extension.

pavcl -aut

These parameters allow the antivirus to function automatically. In other words, it allows the scan/clean operation to be carried out without user intervention (the antivirus carries out the necessary scan/disinfection).

pavcl -nor

The -nor parameter prevents a results file (report) from being generated.

pavcl -esp

Selects Spanish as default language.

pavcl -eng

Selects English as default language.

pavcl -?

Displays the antivirus command line help.

To remove the antivirus from the system or uninstall it, execute the ./uninstall. You can do this from any directory.