Using Norton Antivirus from VB

[kzalex]

Hello,

I write VB appliacation that downloads files from server.

How it's possible to use Norton Antivirus from Visual Basic?


Thank you

[UnknownX]

Hello:

I think you should search in the Norton Antivirus documentation for the command line arguments supported by the antivirus.
If you know the command line arguments, you could call the antivirus to check the downloaded file. Something like this:

Public Sub CheckMyFile(strFilename As String)
On Error Goto ErrorHandler
Call Shell("C:\Norton\Nav.exe --check " & strFilename, vbNormalFocus)
Exit Sub

ErrorHandler:
MsgBox "Unable to check the file.", vbCritical, "Error"
End Sub

This is only an example. I supoused the "--check" command line argument to check a file, and "C:\Norton\Nav.exe" couldn't be the real path to Norton main EXE.

I you have troubles, make a new reply.

Keep in touch,

Andy

[kzalex]

Thank you, Andy

It helped.

Now I can scan files and folders for viruses.

There is just one problem.

When I scan file, I'd like to get answer if this file is infected (true

or false). I need it because if a file doesn't have virus I put all

information about it in DB.

I didn't find such option in command line parameters of

Norton Antivirus.

Any idea?

Thank you

[LITHIA]

like he said, it was a guess at how it would take the command.

Your lucky that actaully worked, very lucky guess.

Theres no way you can guess what you want next, like he said - look at documentation on how it takes commands and what it generates and then you can be helped further.