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Malwarebytes Toolset command-line options

The Malwarebytes Toolset provides Command Line options to utilize some components quickly for automation and/or scripting purposes. These options can be passed to MBTSLauncher.exe or MBTS.exe. Below is a list of those options with examples.

Command-line Option Description
/password:<%Startup Password%> Suppresses prompt for your Startup Password
/scan:asset Silently runs an Asset Management Scan and exports the results to %UserProfile%\Desktop\AssetExport_%TIMESTAMP%.json

You can specify the output path using /LogFile:<PathToFile>
/scan:inform Silently runs an Inform Scan and exports the results to %UserProfile%\Desktop\InformExport_%TIMESTAMP%.txt

You can specify the output path using /LogFile:<PathToFile>
/scan:malware Starts a scan with the Malwarebytes Portable Scanner using your Default Scan settings.
/scan:issues Starts a scan with the Malwarebytes Issue Scanner
/repair:network Performs a Network Reset
/repair:wmi Performs a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Reset
/toolbox:<"Name of Tool"> Launches the specified tool in quotes from the Toolbox or MyTools.
/LogLevel:<0-5>

Launches the Malwarebytes Toolset with a specified log level output for troubleshooting purposes. The log is stored in the following locations depending on the architecture of the operating system:

  • 64-Bit (x64) - Malwarebytes\MBTS\x64\DebugLogging.txt
  • 32-Bit (x86) - Malwarebytes\MBTS\DebugLogging.txt

The default log level is 1 (ERRORS) and is used if no log level is specified. The following is a definition of each log level:

  • 0 - none
  • 1 – Events marked as Errors only are logged
  • 2 – Events marked as Errors and Warnings are logged
  • 3 – Events marked as Errors, Warnings, and Info are logged
  • 4 – Events marked as Errors, Warnings, Info, and Debug are logged
  • 5 – Events marked as Errors, Warnings, Info, Debug, and Trace are logged

Additional command line tools

The Malwarebytes Toolset includes additional tools that provide command line functionality. Please see the following articles for details:

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