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How to manage tasks using the command line

The following application tasks are provided for managing the Kaspersky application on the command line:

• File Threat Protection. This task allows you to enable or disable File Threat Protection in real time and defines the settings for the File Threat Protection component. The task starts automatically when the application starts.
• Malware Scan. This task allows you to scan file system objects for malware on demand and defines the settings for the scan. You can use this task to perform a full or custom scan of the device.
• Critical Areas Scan. This task allows you to run a critical areas scan of the operating system on demand and defines the settings for the scan.
• Custom file scan. This task is designed for configuring and storing settings that are used when scanning the specified files and directories using the kfl-control --scan-file command. As a result of the command execution, the application creates and starts a temporary file scan task.
• Removable Drives Scan. This task allows you to monitor the connection of removable media to the device in real time and defines the settings of the Removable Drives Scan and the scan of its boot sectors for malware.
• Web Threat Protection. This task allows you to enable or disable Web Threat Protection and defines the settings for the Web Threat Protection component.
• Behavior Detection. This task allows you to monitor malicious activity of applications in the operating system. The task starts automatically when the Kaspersky application starts.
• Licensing. This task provides the capability to activate an application installed on the device. The task starts automatically when the application starts, and it resides in the device operating memory. The task has no settings; license keys are managed using special management commands. The task cannot be started, stopped, or deleted.
• Update. You can use this task to perform scheduled and on-demand application database and module updates and edit update settings.
• Rollback. You can use this task to roll back the last update of application databases and modules.

Each application task has a name used on the command line, an ID, and a type (see the table below).

IDs are unique for all tasks, including deleted tasks. The application does not reuse the identifiers of the deleted tasks. The identifier of a new task is the next successive number to the identifier of the latest created task.

Task names are not case-sensitive.

During installation of the application, predefined tasks are created. These tasks cannot be deleted. Each predefined task has a name and ID.

Tasks that you create while working with the application are called user tasks. When you create the task, you specify the name for it. IDs for user tasks are defined and assigned by the application when the task is created. IDs for user tasks are starting from 100.

During operation, the application creates temporary scan tasks. Temporary task names and IDs are assigned by the application. Temporary tasks are automatically deleted when completed.

Application tasks

You can perform the following actions with tasks:

• Start and stop all preset and custom tasks except tasks of the License type.
• Pause and resume ODS tasks.
• Create and delete user tasks. You can create tasks of the following types: ODS, Update, Rollback.
• Change the settings for all user tasks and all predefined tasks, except for Rollback and License tasks.
• Configure the task start schedule.