From McAfee VirusScan 8.8 Managed Client STIG
Part of DTAM027-McAfee VirusScan decode MIME email
Associated with: CCI-001170
Email has become one of the most frequently used methods of spreading malware, through embedded HTML code and attachments. User awareness and training, warning users to not open suspicious emails or email attachments, and not clicking on hyperlinks, etc. from unknown or known senders, will not fully protect from email-borne malware. Mass mailing worms are similar to email-borne viruses, but are self-contained, rather than infecting an existing file. Protecting from email-borne viruses and mass mailing worms by scanning email upon delivery mitigates the risk of infection via email.
Note: If an email client is not running on this system, this check can be marked as Not Applicable. From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Locate in the Category column the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Compressed files:" label. Ensure the "Decode MIME encoded files" option is selected. Criteria: If the "Decode MIME encoded files" option is selected, this is not a finding. On the client machine, use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\McAfee\ (32-bit) HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\McAfee\ (64-bit) SystemCore\VSCore\Email Scanner\Outlook\OnDelivery\DetectionOptions Criteria: If the value ScanMime is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.
From the ePO server console System Tree, select the Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select Actions, select Agent, and select Modify Policies on a Single System. From the product pull down list, select VirusScan Enterprise 8.8.0. Locate in the Category column the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the On Delivery Email Scan Policies. Under the Scan Items tab, locate the "Compressed files:" label. Select the "Decode MIME encoded files" option. Select Save.
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