Controlling an antivirus with powershell

[PsycoStea]

Hi there. Is there a free antivirus that I can run scans with through powershell? I was playing around with Malwarebytes but you can only run mbam.exe with parameters if you pay for it.

I have good computer knowledge but I don’t know anything about powershell. Just something I have never used

I want to use this remotely on the computers I manage. I know Windows Defender can be used with powershell and apparently Emsisoft Emergency Kit as well.

I’m looking for a few more options please

[PeterOz]

Why
Windows defender is all you need today

[Malnutrition]

Any free antivirus isn’t going to offer more protection than Defender, in the end it’s the user who will be the first line of defense against malware/adware.

You could have your users install an antivirus helper like one these below, for free.

https://support.secureaplus.com/faq/

https://xvirus.net/

Having the user install Ublock Origin and advising them to scan anything they download on their machine prior to opening at a site like VirusTotal is going to help more than any antivirus will.

[PsycoStea]

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Why
Windows defender is all you need today

I just want something extra to be sure. Im not fully comfortable selling people an antivirus service when it’s just WD

[PsycoStea]

Any free antivirus isn’t going to offer more protection than Defender, in the end it’s the user who will be the first line of defense against malware/adware.

You could have your users install an antivirus helper like one these below, for free.

https://support.secureaplus.com/faq/

https://xvirus.net/

Having the user install Ublock Origin and advising them to scan anything they download on their machine prior to opening at a site like VirusTotal is going to help more than any antivirus will.

Thanks for the suggestion. I see Xvirus does have CLI support. I have Ublock already installed on the computers. The people I give IT support to don’t have a lot of computer knowledge, I am providing them with a service to keep thier computers running as best as possible so they don’t have to worry about it

[phillpower2]

Im not fully comfortable selling people an antivirus service when it’s just WD

The people I give IT support to don’t have a lot of computer knowledge, I am providing them with a service to keep thier computers running as best as possible so they don’t have to worry about it

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