mswarbrick wrote:In response to Fred - I have 7.2 and I don't seem to be able to run concurrent. There is no checkbox to it. It would be nice to check several items and have them all go off at once. What am I missing?
mswarbrick, Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough. The new UVK 7.2 allows you to run several instances of UVK itself, while previous versions only allowed one instance per user section.
That means now you can launch a UVK instance (run UVK), start a scan, launch another instance, start another scan, and so on. This way, the scans will run in parallel.
The reason why I didn't add an option to start a scan and immediately step to the next command is that, if you also select any repair/maintenance options for after the scans, UVK would step into those options before the scans complete, which I'm sure you wouldn't want. I didn't find out a valid solution for this problem.
There are many ways for you to get what you want done. They may be non-standard ways, but they are effective. Aside from the "run several UVK instances" option above, you can use UVK scripts. Here's an example that runs TDSSKiller, MBAM, Ultra Adware Killer, and AdwCleaner simultaneously:
Put UVKPortable in a pen drive.
Create a UVK script in the same pen drive named UAKScan.uvk with the following code:
Create another script in the same pen drive named
MBAMScan.uvk with the following code:
Create another script in the same pen drive named
TDSSKillerScan.uvk with the following code:
And finally create another script in the same pen drive named
ParallelScans.uvk with the following code:
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<Run>
%UVKExe% -ReadFile "%InstallSourceDir%\TDSSKillerScan.uvk" -Auto
%UVKExe% -ReadFile "%InstallSourceDir%\MBAMScan.uvk" -Auto
%UVKExe% -ReadFile "%InstallSourceDir%\UAKScan.uvk" -Auto
<AdwCleanerScan>
Then, move the pen drive to the client's PC, and drag and drop
ParallelScans.uvk over
UVKPortable. You just need to remember to perform the AdwCleaner cleanup operation lastly, or it will reboot the machine before you can finish the malware removal.
If you prefer to use the System Repair section's interface, it's just that easy.
Create the
UAKScan.uvk,
MBAMScan.uvk, and
TDSSKillerScan.uvk scripts above in your pen drive.
Add four custom third party apps as follows:
App 1's name:
TDSSKiller scan
Command 1:
%UVKExe% -ReadFile "%InstallSourceDir%\TDSSKillerScan.uvk" -Auto
App 2's name:
MBAM scan
Command 1:
%UVKExe% -ReadFile "%InstallSourceDir%\MBAMScan.uvk" -Auto
App 3's name:
UAK scan
Command 1:
%UVKExe% -ReadFile "%InstallSourceDir%\UAKScan.uvk" -Auto
App 3's name:
AdwCleaner scan
Leave all commands empty.
Check
Use unattended mode.
Save your custom apps to
ParallelScans.uvksr, in the pen drive.
Then, move the pen drive to the client's PC, and drag and drop
ParallelScans.uvksr over
UVKPortable. Ensure the AdwCleaner scan app is below the others. Click
Run selected fixes/apps, and there you go. Parallel scans.
As you can see, there are many ways to get what you need. They may not be standard ways, but I think they are quite easy to implement.
