About Kaspersky Endpoint Security tasks

You can manage the operation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security using tasks locally on computers (using the command line or configuration files), as well as centrally via Kaspersky Security Center.

There are two types of tasks for working with Kaspersky Endpoint Security:

• Predefined task—Task that is created during installation of the application. You cannot create or delete predefined tasks, but you can modify the settings of these tasks.
• Custom task—Task that you can create or delete on your own.

You can manage the following tasks:

• File_Monitoring is a File Threat Protection task (ID=1, type—OAS).
• Scan_My_Computer is a virus scan task (ID=2, type—ODS).
• Scan_File is a custom scan task (ID=3, type—ODS) By default, the settings of this task match the settings of the Scan_My_Computer task.
• Boot_Scan is a Boot sector scan task (ID=4, type—BootScan).
• Memory_Scan is a Memory scan task (ID=5, type—MemoryScan).
• Update is an Update task (ID=6, type—Update).
• Rollback is an Update rollback task (ID=7, type—Rollback). This task has no settings. You can only start and stop this task.
• Retranslate is an Update distribution task (ID=8, type—Retranslate).
• License is a license server implementation task (ID=9, type—License).
• Backup is a Storage management task (ID=10, type—Backup).
• Integrity_Monitoring is a File Integrity Monitoring task (ID=11, type—OAFIM).
• Firewall is a system firewall management task (ID=12, type—Firewall).
• Anti-Cryptor is an Anti-Cryptor task (ID=13, type—AntiCryptor).

ID—Number that Kaspersky Endpoint Security assigns to the task when it is created.

You can perform the following actions with tasks:

• Start and stop tasks.
• Suspend and resume some tasks.
• Create and delete tasks (only for custom tasks).
• Edit task settings. For more information about how to edit a task settings, please refer to the Kaspersky Knowledge Base.