Configure the NetBackup Malware Scanner for Windows
To configure the NetBackup Malware Scanner for Windows
- Download the NetBackup Malware Scanner from Veritas Download Center.
- Extract the downloaded zip files. Extracted files must have the following structure:
NBAntiMalwareClient_version number Readme.txt NBAntiMalwareClient_version number_AMD64 savapi-sdk-win64.zip setup.bat cleanup.bat - Refer to the
Readme.txtfile for install, upgrade, or uninstall processes.To install or upgrade the NetBackup Malware scanner on a Windows computer:
Navigate to
NBAntiMalwareClient_version number_AMD64folder and run thesetup.batfile.Enter the target location to install the NetBackup Malware scanner.
Note:
If NetBackup Malware Scanner is already installed, then
setup.bat/setup.shoverwrites the existing binary files.To uninstall NetBackup Malware scanner from Windows computer:
Run the
cleanup.batfile.
- An optional setting can be used to increase number of threads in scanning.
Update the
aviraconf.txtfile. Add the following entry:NumThreads = Number of threadsWhere Number of threads is the number of threads for the scanning. The default value is the number of CPU cores. (Minimum value is 1. Maximum value is 300).
Note:
If the number of CPUs on the scan host is less than 16, then number of threads defaults to the number of CPUs. If greater than 16, then the number of threads defaults to 16 threads. If
NumThreadsis configured, that value determines the number of threads for scanning. - To validate that the scan works with NetBackup Malware Scanner on a Windows setup, perform the following:
Run the ./update.bat command to get the latest signature update.
Navigate to the NetBackup Malware Scanner installed path and run the avira_lib_dir_scan.exe file with the required
scan_pathandconf_pathparameters.
- Configuration file must be present in NetBackup Malware Scanner installed path.
For example:
avira_lib_dir_scan.exe "c:\malwarescample" -log_path "C:\NBMalwareScanner.log" -conf_path "C:\NBMalwareScannerInstallPath\savapi-sdk-win64\bin\aviraconf.txtEnsure that the output of the command is successful. For the existing sample malware files, the output must be a list of infected files. Else the output must be empty.
- (Optional) The MALWARE_LOG environment variable can be used to increase the logging level.
For example, the setting
MALWARE_LOG=2sets the logging level toWARNING.0 DEBUG 1 INFO 2 WARNING 3 ALERT 4 ERROR