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command-line scanner

On Unix-based platforms a command-line scanner is a scanning tool that disinfects viruses, worms and Trojan horses in all major file types.

Also see The Difference Between a Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse in the Did You Know? section of Webopedia.



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