
CHAPTER 16.
WORKING WITH
THE PROGRAM FROM THE
COMMAND LINE
You can use Kaspersky Anti-Virus from the command line. You can execute the
following operations:
Starting, stopping, pausing and resuming the activity of application
components
Starting, stopping, pausing and resuming virus scans
Obtaining information on the current status of components, tasks and
statistics on them
Scanning selected objects
Updating databases and program modules
Accessing Help for command prompt syntax
Accessing Help for command syntax
The command line syntax is:
avp.com <command> [settings]
You must access the program from the command prompt from the program
installation folder or by specifying the full path to avp.com.
The following may be used as
<commands>
:
ACTIVAE
Activates application via Internet using an activation code
ADDKEY
Activates application using a key file (command can only
be executed if the password assigned through the pro-
gram interface is entered)
START
Starts a component or a task
PAUSE
Pauses a component or a task (command can only be
executed if the password assigned through the program
interface is entered)