The applications built-in Malware Agent must be disabled.

From MS Exchange 2013 Edge Transport Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001242

SV-84559r1_rule The applications built-in Malware Agent must be disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

Malicious code protection mechanisms include, but are not limited, to, anti-virus and malware detection software. In order to minimize potential negative impact to the organization that can be caused by malicious code, it is imperative that malicious code is identified and eradicated. Malicious code includes viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and Spyware. It is not enough to simply have the software installed; this software must periodically scan the system to search for malware on an organization-defined frequency. Exchange's built-in Malware Agent is not designed to address all malicious code protection workloads. This workload is best handled by third-party anti-virus and intrusion prevention software.Site must utilize an approved DoD scanner. Exchange Malware software has a limited scanning capability and does not scan files that are downloaded, opened, or executed.

Check content

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-TransportAgent "Malware Agent" If the value of Enabled is set to True, this is a finding.

Fix text

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: & env:ExchangeInstallPath\Scripts\Disable-Antimalwarescanning.ps1

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