McAfee VirusScan On-Access Scanner General Settings must be configured to prevent users from removing messages from the list.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-6470	DTAM005	SV-56370r1_rule		Medium

Description
Good incident response analysis includes reviewing all logs and alerts on the system reporting the infection. If users were permitted to remove alerts from the display, incident response forensic analysis would be inhibited.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-49296r1_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 Messages tab, locate the "Actions available to user:" label. Ensure the "Remove messages from the list" option is NOT selected. Criteria: If the "Remove messages from the list" option is NOT 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 Alert_UsersCanRemove is 0, this is not a finding. If the value is 1, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-49296r1_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 Messages tab, locate the "Actions available to user:" label. Ensure the "Remove messages from the list" option is NOT selected.

Criteria: If the "Remove messages from the list" option is NOT 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 Alert_UsersCanRemove is 0, this is not a finding. If the value is 1, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-49052r1_fix)
Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console. On the menu bar, click on Task->On-Access Scanner Properties. Select the General Settings. Under the Messages tab, locate the "Actions available to user:" label. Uncheck the "Remove messages from the list" option. Click OK to Save.