McAfee VirusScan On Delivery Email Scanner Properties must be configured to enable on-delivery email scanning.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-6586	DTAM021	SV-56376r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
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 an email-borne virus but is 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.

Description

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 an email-borne virus but is 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.

STIG	Date
McAfee VirusScan 8.8 Local Client STIG	2014-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-49302r3_chk )
Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console. Under the Task column, select the On-Delivery Email Scanner option. Under the Status column next to the On-Delivery Email Scanner option, ensure status shows "Enabled". Criteria: If the "On-Delivery Email Scanner" status is "Enabled", 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\GeneralOptions Criteria: If the value bEnabled is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-49302r3_chk )

Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console.
Under the Task column, select the On-Delivery Email Scanner option.
Under the Status column next to the On-Delivery Email Scanner option, ensure status shows "Enabled".

Criteria: If the "On-Delivery Email Scanner" status is "Enabled", 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\GeneralOptions

Criteria: If the value bEnabled is 1, this is not a finding. If the value is 0, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-49200r2_fix)
Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console. Under the Task column, select the On-Delivery Email Scanner Option, right-click, and select "Enable". Click OK to Save.