Kaspersky Endpoint Security 12 for Windows

AVP commands

25 April 2024

ID 141652

To manage Kaspersky Endpoint Security from the command line:

  1. Run the command line interpreter (cmd.exe) as an administrator.
  2. Go to the folder where the Kaspersky Endpoint Security executable file is located.

    You can add path to the executable file to the %PATH% system variable during application installation.

  3. To execute a command, enter:

    avp.com <command> [options]

As a result, Kaspersky Endpoint Security will execute the command (see figure below).

Managing the application from the command line

In this section

SCAN. Malware Scan

UPDATE. Updating databases and application software modules

ROLLBACK. Last update rollback

TRACES. Tracing

START. Start the profile

STOP. Stopping a profile

STATUS. Profile status

STATISTICS. Profile operation statistics

RESTORE. Restoring files from Backup

EXPORT. Exporting application settings

IMPORT. Importing application settings

ADDKEY. Applying a key file

LICENSE. Licensing

RENEW. Purchasing a license

PBATESTRESET. Reset the disk check results before encrypting the disk

EXIT. Exit the application

EXITPOLICY. Disabling policy

STARTPOLICY. Enabling policy

DISABLE. Disabling protection

SPYWARE. Spyware detection

KSN. Switching between KSN / KPSN

SERVERBINDINGDISABLE. Disabling the server connection protection

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