Managing application components and tasks

You can manage Active Virus Shield components and tasks from the command prompt with these commands:

The task or component to which the command applies is determined by its parameter.

STOP and PAUSE can only be executed with a Active Virus Shield password assigned in the program interface.

Command syntax:

avp.com <command> <profile|taskid>
avp.com STOP
PAUSE <profile|taskid> /password=<password>

One of the following values is given to <profile|taskid>:

RTP

all protection components

FM

File Anti-Virus

EM

Mail Anti-Virus

ASPY

Anti-Spy

AH

Anti-Hacker

AS

Anti-Spam

UPDATER

Updater

SCAN_OBJECTS

Virus scan task

SCAN_MY_COMPUTER

Scan My Computer task

SCAN_CRITICAL_AREAS

Scan Critical Areas task

SCAN_STARTUP

Scan Startup Objects task

<task name>

User-defined task


Components and tasks started from the command prompt are run with the settings configured with the program interface.

Examples:

In order to enable File Anti-Virus, type the following line at the command prompt:
avp.com START FM
To stop a My Computer task from the command prompt, enter:
avp.com STOP SCAN_MY_COMPUTER
password=<your_password>