BinScope 2014 not accepting target path in command line.

Question

I entered the following in an administrator command prompt:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft BinScope 2014>binscope.exe /target "\Release"
Microsoft BinScope 2014
BinScope: The path "\Release" did not exist or was a directory. BinScope accepts only paths to existing files.

BinScope is newly installed.  The folder does exist on the C: drive and there are multiple exe files in the folder.  I first tried this specifying a folder on my D: drive but got the same error.  I also tried "/target "C:\Release" and got the same error.  This is on a Windows 7 64-bit desktop.

I was using the previous version of BinScope (1.2 I think) and had no problems using the GUI to scan my binaries.  This is my first attempt at using the new BinScope 2014 version.

Answer 1

rghines51, did you get an answer to your question? I am having the same issue with directories. I can add a path\filename which works, but /Target C:\myfiles with or without quotes pops the same error you get.

I must say the docs for this tool are awful. No wonder we toss the manual over our shoulders when we get a new program.  /Target <string> is supposed to test all the files in the directory, or "Item(s) to scan (multiple)" per the manual.

For now I just run Binscope through AutoIt and pass each file in a loop to test them all.

JibsMan

Answer 2

The 2014 version of BinScope does not support directory scanning.

https://blogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2014/11/20/new-binscope-released/

Other changes in BinScope 2014 include:

• Removal of directory scanning, instead individual binary paths should be provided