The Symantec Endpoint Protection client Auto-Protect Advanced Options Floppy Settings must be configured to check floppies when system shuts down.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-42638	DTASEP018	SV-55366r1_rule		Medium

Description
Computer viruses in the early days of personal computing were almost exclusively passed around by floppy disks. Floppy disks would be used to boot the computer and, if infected, would infect the hard drive files, as well. Although floppy drives have fallen out of use, it is still a good security practice, whenever the antivirus software allows, to enable the scanning software to scan a floppy disk at shutdown.

Description

Computer viruses in the early days of personal computing were almost exclusively passed around by floppy disks. Floppy disks would be used to boot the computer and, if infected, would infect the hard drive files, as well. Although floppy drives have fallen out of use, it is still a good security practice, whenever the antivirus software allows, to enable the scanning software to scan a floppy disk at shutdown.

STIG	Date
Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 Managed Client Antivirus	2014-07-03

Details

Check Text ( C-48909r1_chk )
Server check: From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Console: Select Policies -> Double-click the applied policy -> Under Windows Settings, Protection Technology, select Auto-Protect -> Select the Advanced tab -> Under Startup and Shutdown -> Ensure "Check floppies when the computer shuts down" is selected. Criteria: If "Check floppies when the computer shuts down" is not selected, this is a finding. On the client machine, use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: 32 bit: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV\Storages\Filesystem\RealTimeScan 64 bit: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV\Storages\Filesystem\RealTimeScan Criteria: If the value of SkipShutDownFloppyCheck is not 0, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-48909r1_chk )

Server check: From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Console: Select Policies -> Double-click the applied policy -> Under Windows Settings, Protection Technology, select Auto-Protect -> Select the Advanced tab -> Under Startup and Shutdown -> Ensure "Check floppies when the computer shuts down" is selected.

Criteria: If "Check floppies when the computer shuts down" is not selected, this is a finding.

On the client machine, use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:
32 bit:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV\Storages\Filesystem\RealTimeScan
64 bit:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV\Storages\Filesystem\RealTimeScan

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

Fix Text (F-48223r1_fix)
From the Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Server, Symantec Endpoint Protection Management Console: Select Policies -> Double-click the applied policy -> Under Windows Settings, Protection Technology, select Auto-Protect -> Select the Advanced tab -> Under Startup and Shutdown -> Select "Check floppies when the computer shuts down".