Working with the application from the command line

You can work with Kaspersky Anti-Virus using the command line. The capability is provided to perform the following operations:

activate the application;
start and stop the application;
start and stop application components;
start and stop the tasks;
obtain information on the current status of components and tasks as well as their statistics;
start and stop virus scan tasks;
scan selected objects;
update databases and software modules, roll back updates;
export and import security settings;
open help files using the command line syntax in general and for individual commands.

Command prompt syntax:

avp.com <command> [options]

You should access the application from the command line from the application installation folder, or by specifying the full path to avp.com.

The list of commands used to control the application and its components is provided in the table below.

START	Starts a component or a task.
STOP	Stops a component or a task. The command can only be executed if the password assigned via the Kaspersky Anti-Virus interface is entered.
STATUS	Displays the current component or task status on screen.
STATISTICS	Displays statistics for the component or task on screen.
HELP	Displays the list of commands and command syntax information.
SCAN	Object scan for viruses.
UPDATE	Starts the application update.
ROLLBACK	Rolls back to the last Kaspersky Anti-Virus update made. The command can only be executed if the password assigned via the application interface is entered.
EXIT	Closes the application. The command can only be executed if the password assigned via the application interface is entered.
IMPORT	Import application protection settings. The command can only be executed if the password assigned via the Kaspersky Anti-Virus interface is entered.
EXPORT	Exports application protection settings.