The Symantec Endpoint Protection client File System Auto-Protect must be enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-42628	DTASEP010	SV-55356r1_rule		High

Description
For antivirus software to be effective, it must be running at all times, beginning from the point of the system's initial startup. Otherwise, the risk is greater for viruses, Trojans and other malware infecting the system during that startup phase.

STIG	Date
Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 Managed Client Antivirus	2015-07-08

Details

Check Text ( C-48901r1_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 Scan Details tab -> Ensure "Enable Auto-Protect" is selected. Criteria: If "Enable Auto-Protect" 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 APEOff is not 0, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-48901r1_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 Scan Details tab -> Ensure "Enable Auto-Protect" is selected.

Criteria: If "Enable Auto-Protect" 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 APEOff is not 0, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-48213r1_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 Scan Details tab -> Select "Enable Auto-Protect".