- Kaspersky for Linux Help
- About Kaspersky for Linux
- Preparing to install the Kaspersky application
- How to install and configure the application
- How to install the application and perform its initial configuration
- Post-installation configuration of the application in interactive mode
- Selecting the locale
- Viewing the End User License Agreement and the Privacy Policy
- Accepting the End User License Agreement
- Accepting the Privacy Policy
- Using Kaspersky Security Network
- Removing users from the privileged group
- Assigning the Administrator role to a user
- Determining the file operation interceptor type
- Enabling automatic configuration of SELinux
- Configuring the update source
- Configuring proxy server settings
- Starting an application database update
- Enabling automatic application database update
- Application activation
- Initial configuration of the application after installation
- Settings in the configuration file for post-installation configuration
- Configuring allowing rules in the SELinux system
- How to update a previous version of the application
- How to remove the application
- Application licensing
- Data provision
- Managing the application on the My Kaspersky portal
- How to activate the application and manage license keys
- How to subscribe
- How to add or remove a license key using the command line
- How to view license information on the command line
- How to add or remove a license key using the application interface
- How to view license information in the application interface
- How to renew your subscription
- How to recover an activation code
- How to manage the application
- How to manage the application using the command line
- How to enable autocomplete of the kfl-control command (bash completion)
- How to manage tasks using the command line
- How to view the list of tasks on the command line
- How to view the status of a task on the command line
- How to create a task on the command line
- How to start, stop, pause, and resume a task on the command line
- How to delete a task on the command line
- How to output task settings to the console or into a configuration file
- How to manage task settings on the command line
- How to configure the task schedule on the command line
- How to manage general application settings on the command line
- How to filter query results on the command line
- How to export and import application settings on the command line
- How to manage user roles
- How to manage the application using the application interface
- How to manage the application using the command line
- How to start and stop the application
- How to view device protection status and app performance information in the command line
- How to update application databases and modules
- How to configure File Threat Protection
- How to configure the Malware Scan
- How to configure the Critical Areas Scan
- How to configure the Removable Drives Scan
- How to configure Web Threat Protection
- How to configure the Encrypted connections scan
- How to configure Behavior Detection
- How to check the integrity of application components
- Using Kaspersky Security Network
- Advanced application settings
- How to configure a proxy server
- How to configure global exclusions
- How to exclude process memory from scanning
- How to configure the file operation interception mode
- How to configure detection of applications that intruders can use to compromise devices or data
- How to enable application stability monitoring
- How to edit application startup settings
- How to limit memory and CPU resource usage
- How to limit resident memory usage
- How to limit the number of Custom Scan tasks
- Viewing events and reports
- How to manage Backup
- Contact Technical Support
- Limitations and warnings
- Appendices
- Appendix 1. Resource consumption optimization
- Appendix 2. Commands for managing the Kaspersky application
- Appendix 3. Configuration files and default application settings
- Rules for editing application task configuration files
- Preset configuration files
- Default settings for command line tasks
- Default settings for the File_Threat_Protection task (ID:1)
- Default settings for the Scan_My_Computer task (ID:2)
- Default settings for the Scan_File task (ID:3)
- Default settings for the Critical_Areas_Scan task (ID:4)
- Default settings for Update task (ID:6)
- Default settings for the Web_Threat_Protection task (ID:14)
- Default settings for the Removable_Drives_Scan task (ID:16)
- Default settings for the Behavior_Detection task (ID:20)
- General application settings
- Encrypted connections scan settings
- Tasks schedule settings
- Appendix 4. Command line return codes
- Sources of information about the Kaspersky application
- Glossary
- Active key
- Application activation
- Application databases
- Application settings
- Database of malicious web addresses
- Database of phishing web addresses
- Exclusion
- False positive
- File mask
- Infected object
- Kaspersky update servers
- License
- License certificate
- Object disinfection
- Proxy server
- Reserve key
- Startup objects
- Subscription
- Trusted device
- Information about third-party code
- Trademark notices
Sources of information about the Kaspersky application
Sources of information about the Kaspersky application
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Article ID: 290112, Last review: Apr 9, 2025