How to use DoScan.exe to start a Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) client scan from a command-line in Asp.net c#

[Harpreet Garcha]

 

How to use DoScan.exe to start a Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) client scan from a command-line in Asp.net c#

 

 

 

[Rafeeq]

Hi Harpreet,

Most of the time I user powershell, but if you are looking for any application launch ( .exe ) with arguments , this is the blue print

 

using System.Diagnostics;

// Prepare the process to run
ProcessStartInfo start = new ProcessStartInfo();
// Enter in the command line arguments, everything you would enter after the executable name itself
start.Arguments = arguments; 
// Enter the executable to run, including the complete path
start.FileName = ExeName;
// Do you want to show a console window?
start.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
start.CreateNoWindow = true;
int exitCode;


// Run the external process & wait for it to finish
using (Process proc = Process.Start(start))
{
     proc.WaitForExit();

     // Retrieve the app's exit code
     exitCode = proc.ExitCode;
}

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/240171/launching-an-application-exe-from-c

[Ivana Villani]

I'm working to a website with a form where the user can upload a file and i developed a method that performs a realtime scan of the files uploaded on the website (.net application in c#).
I have a problem, i get always 0 as exitcode and i fear that the string i specify as Arguments to the process object is wrong and that the file scan is not executed at all.


Process p = new Process();

string exefileName = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Symantec\\Symantec Endpoint Protection\\DoScan.exe\"";

ProcessStartInfo processInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
processInfo.FileName = exefileName;
processInfo.Arguments = "/c \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Symantec\\Symantec Endpoint Protection\\DoScan.exe\" /ScanFile \"E:\\WWW\\myfolder\\myfile.com\"";
p.StartInfo = processInfo;

p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

p.Start();
p.WaitForExit(5000); //wait

int exitCode = -1;
if (p.WaitForExit(5000))
{
exitCode = p.ExitCode;
}


Can you help me please?
Thanks

[Harpreet Garcha]

Can anyone tell me how to create a separate log file for each scan as I am using version 14.2.3332.1000.105

[Harpreet Garcha]

Thanks Rafeeq and can you please tell me what paramter to pass to create a separate log file for each scan

[Rafeeq]

Hi Harpreet,

DateTime date = DateTime.Now; // will give the date for today
string dateWithFormat = date.ToString("dd - MM - yyyy");

/logfile="c:\temp\LogFile-DatewithFormat.log"

Do you see /logfile in the cmd line options? I belive it doesnt exist in version 14.XXX

please check this code as well

https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/418603/Calling-DoScan-exe-utility-from-Command-Line

 

[Harpreet Garcha]

Hi Rafeeq,

 

I already check these options as nothing works for version 14 these options are worked till version 11.

[Rafeeq]

Hi Harpreet,

the /logfile does not exist in newer versions, time to add an enchancement request

https://support.symantec.com/us/en/article.tech215657.html