{"id":4300,"date":"2026-06-08T17:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&p=4300"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T14:57:14","slug":"how-do-i-run-a-manual-scan-using-the-command-line-on-withsecure-server-security-or-client-security","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/how-do-i-run-a-manual-scan-using-the-command-line-on-withsecure-server-security-or-client-security\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I run a manual scan using the command line on WithSecure Server Security or Client Security?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

How do I run a manual scan using the command line on WithSecure Server Security or Client Security?<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

The command line option to execute a manual scan can be either used to run a scan on-demand.\u00a0Additionally the command and the arguments can be used to fill the "Generic" scheduled scan task specific parameters.<\/p>\n

To run the task locally via command line:<\/h4>\n
    \n
  1. Press the Windows <\/b>button<\/li>\n
  2. Search for cmd.exe<\/i>\u00a0and press Enter<\/li>\n
  3. Navigate to the client's installation directory (for example: cd C:\\Program Files (x86)\\F-Secure\\)<\/li>\n
  4. For Client Security, navigate further to the Client Security<\/i>\u00a0directory. For Server Security, navigate to the Server Security<\/i>\u00a0directory.<\/li>\n
  5. Type in fsscan.exe<\/b> and add any of the below arguments\/options, then press Enter<\/li>\n
  6. The scan will be executed and further details will be returned in the command window<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Example 1<\/span><\/u>
    Retrieving information on available options:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \nC:\\Program Files (x86)\\F-Secure\\Client Security>fsscan -?<\/pre>\n
    \u00a0<\/p>\n
    Usage: fsscan [options]<\/p>\n
    Options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    –sched, -s \u00a0 \u00a0<\/td>\nRuns a scan optimized for scheduled scanning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    –target, -t <target><\/td>\nScans the given <target> (not supported since CS 15.11)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    –report, -r <report><\/td>\nWrites an unformatted report to <report> file (only with -c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    –delete, -d<\/td>\nDeletes all harmful files found<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    –collection, -c<\/td>\nRuns a scan optimized for large collections of harmful\u00a0files<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    –noflyer, -f<\/td>\nSkip showing scheduled scanning flyer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    -?, -h, –help<\/td>\nDisplays this help<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
    Example 2<\/span><\/u>
    Scanning a specific directory (<\/span>downloads directory of the user Foo):<\/span><\/p>\n
    \nC:\\Program Files (x86)\\F-Secure\\Client Security>fsscan.exe -t C:\\Users\\Foo\\Downloads\\\n<\/pre>\n
    \u00a0<\/h3>\n
    Setting up a scheduled scan on a specific directory via\u00a0Policy Manager Console:<\/h4>\n
      \n
    1. Log on to your\u00a0Policy Manager Console<\/b>.<\/li>\n
    2. Select the\u00a0Policy domain<\/b>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      Steps to run a manual scan using the command line on Client Security 14.x\/15.x or Server Security 14.x\/15.x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[106],"class_list":["post-4300","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000012043","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 14:57:14","import_hash":"981b6ae7e9a9256a18aa8db8175f57e7485d6950","vanilla_article_id":29459,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/29459-how-do-i-run-a-manual-scan-using-the-command-line-on-withsecure-server-security-or-client-security","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":103,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}