Before you start typing anything, please be informed that the antivirus is programmed to type in German keyboard layout. For example, when you press the – key on your keyboard, you’ll notice that it chances to ß. Refer to the image below on what to type to get what character.

So here are all the commands for your convenience.

Usage is: antivir [options] [path[*.ext]] [*.ext]
where options are:
--help .......... display this help text (abbreviation: -h or -?)
--scan-mode= applies "extlist", "smart" or "all" scan methods:
extlist scans files according to their filename extension,
smart detects which files to scan from their name/content,
all scans all files regardless of their name or content
--allfiles ...... synonymous for --scan-mode=all
--version ....... show version information
--info .......... show list of recognized forms
--update ........ update antivir
--check ......... used with --update to check for updates
--temp=(dir) .... specify the directory for temporary files
--pid-dir=(dir) . specify the directory for PID files
--home-dir=(dir) location of executable, VDF and key files
-C (filename) ... name of configuration file
-s .............. scan subdirectories
--scan-in-archive files in archives will be extracted and scanned
-z .............. synonymous for --scan-in-archive (scan in archives, too)
--archive-max-size=N, --archive-max-recursion=N, --archive-max-ratio=N
anti DoS feature: do not scan archive content which would
exceed the given file size, nesting level or compression
factor limits on extraction (0 means unlimited)
--archive-max-count=N anti DoS feature: do not scan archive content which
has more than N files in a recursion level
--scan-in-mbox .. scan mailbox folders, too (might be time consuming!)
--heur-macro .... enable macro heuristics
--heur-nomacro .. disable macro heuristics
--heur-level=N .. setup heuristics level: 0=off, 1-3=low-high
-nolnk .......... do not follow symbolic links
-onefs .......... do not cross file systems while following links
-noboot ......... do not check any boot records
-nombr .......... do not check any master boot records
-nobreak ........ disable Ctl-C and Ctrl-Break
-nodef ......... do only check the given file types (eg. *.DOC)
-cf(filename) ... activate CRC check and name the database
-cv ............. calculate CRC over the whole file length (default 16k)
-cn ............. insert new files into the database
-cu ............. recalculate CRC values and update the database
-v .............. scan files completely (slower with possible false alerts)
-nopack ......... do not scan inside packed files
-e [-del | -ren] repair concerning files if possible
[-del] non-repairable files will be deleted
[-ren] non-repairable files will be renamed
-ren ............ rename concerning files (*.COM->*.XXX,...)
-del ............ delete concerning files
--moveto=(dir) .. quarantine concerning files
-dmdel .......... delete documents containing suspicious macros
-dmdas .......... delete all macros if one appears to be suspicious
-dmse ........... set exit code to 101 if any macro was found
-r1 ............. just log infections and warnings
-r2 ............. log all scanned paths in addition
-r3 ............. log all scanned files
-r4 ............. select verbose log mode
-rs ............. select single-line alert messages
-rf(filename) ... name of log file
%d = day, %m = month, %y = year (two digits each)
-ra ............. append new log data to existing file
-ro ............. overwrite existing log file
-q .............. quiet mode
-lang[:|=]DE .... use German texts
-lang[:|=]EN .... use English texts
-once ........... run only once a day
-if(dateiname) .. antivir uses the given ini file
--with-(type) ... detect other (non-virus but unwanted) software, too;
type may be e.g. "dial", "joke", "game", etc,
there is a --with-alltypes shortcut
--without-(type) like --with-(type), but disables this type
--alltypes ...... synonymous for --with-alltypes (obsolete)
--alert-urls=(yes|no) print URL for more detailed information on alerts
--warnings-as-alerts exit with a return code as if a concerning file
had been found when warnings have been issued
--exclude=(file) exclude files or directories from scan
--log-email=(addr) send out scan report by email, too
@(rspfile) ...... read parameters from the file (rspfile)
with each option in a separate line

list of return codes:
0: Normal program termination, nothing found, no error
1: Found concerning file or boot sector
2: An alert was found in memory
3: Suspicious file found
100: antivir only has displayed this help text
101: A macro was found in a document file
102: The option -once was given and antivir already ran today
200: Program aborted, not enough memory available
201: The given response file could not be found
202: Within a response file another @(rsp) directive was found
203: Invalid option
204: Invalid (non-existent) directory given at command line
205: The log file could not be created
210: antivir could not find a necessary dll file
211: Programm aborted, because the self check failed
212: The file antivir.vdf could not be read
213: An error occured during initialization
214: License key not found