Title

The McAfee VirusScan scan when writing to disk is not configured as required. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This setting requires on-access scanning to be performed whenever a files is written to a non-networked disk drive.

Check Content

From the ePO server console, select Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select the Policies tab, select from the product pull down list VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0. Locate in the Category column the On-Access Default Processes Policies. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On-Access Default Processes Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Scan files label. Ensure the “When writing to disk” is selected. Criteria: If the “When writing to disk” option is selected, this is not a finding. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\software\McAfee\VSCore\On Access Scanner\McShield\Configuration\default Criteria: If the value bScanIncoming is 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

From the ePO server console, select Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select the Policies tab, select from the product pull down list VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0. Locate in the Category column the On-Access Default Processes Policies. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On-Access Default Processes Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Scan files:" label. Select the “When writing to disk” option. Select Save.

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Vulnerability ID: V-14623

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