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