The antivirus signature file age exceeds 7 days.

From McAfee VirusScan Locally Configured Client

Associated with IA controls: ECVP-1

Associated with: CCI-001240

SV-22081r1_rule The antivirus signature file age exceeds 7 days.

Vulnerability discussion

Antivirus signature files are updated almost daily by antivirus software vendors. These files are made available to antivirus clients as they are published. Keeping virus signature files as current as possible is vital to the security of any system.Note: If the vendor or trusted site’s files match the date of the signature files on the machine, this is not a finding.

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Locate McAfee icon in system tray. Right click to open and choose VirusScan Console. Select Help then choose About VirusScan Enterprise. Displayed will be a date for "DAT Created On:. Criteria: If the "DAT Created On:" date is older than 7 calendar days from the current date, this is a finding. Note: If the vendor or trusted site’s files are also older than 7 days and match the date of the signature files on the machine, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Update antivirus signature file as your local process describes e.g autoupdate or runtime executable.

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