McAfee VirusScan On-Access Scanner General Settings must be configured to scan boot sectors.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-6467	DTAM002	SV-56367r1_rule		Medium

Description
Boot sector viruses will install into the boot sector of a system, ensuring that they will execute when the user boots the system. This risk is mitigated by scanning boot sectors at each startup of the system.

STIG	Date
McAfee VirusScan 8.8 Local Client STIG	2016-03-31

Details

Check Text ( C-49291r2_chk )
Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console. On the menu bar, click Task->On-Access Scanner Properties Select the General Settings. Under the General tab, locate the "Scan:" label. Ensure the "Boot Sectors" option is selected. Criteria: If the "Boot Sectors" 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\On Access Scanner\McShield\Configuration Criteria: If the value of bDontScanBootSectors is 0, this is not a finding. If the value is 1, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-49291r2_chk )

Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console.
On the menu bar, click Task->On-Access Scanner Properties
Select the General Settings.

Under the General tab, locate the "Scan:" label. Ensure the "Boot Sectors" option is selected.

Criteria: If the "Boot Sectors" 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\On Access Scanner\McShield\Configuration

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

Fix Text (F-49048r1_fix)
Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console. On the menu bar, click Task->On-Access Scanner Properties. Select the General Settings. Under the General tab, locate the "Scan:" label. Select the "Boot Sectors" option. Click OK to Save.