| V-75147 | High | Windows Defender AV must be configured to enable the Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) feature. | After enabling this feature, Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) protection blocking takes effect on endpoint clients after the next signature update or computer restart. Signature updates take... |
| V-75153 | High | Windows Defender AV must be configured to run and scan for malware and other potentially unwanted software. | This policy setting turns off Windows Defender. If you enable this policy setting Windows Defender does not run and computers are not scanned for malware or other potentially unwanted software. If... |
| V-75241 | High | Windows Defender AV spyware definition age must not exceed 7 days. | This policy setting allows you to define the number of days that must pass before spyware definitions are considered out of date. If definitions are determined to be out of date this state may... |
| V-75243 | High | Windows Defender AV virus definition age must not exceed 7 days. | This policy setting allows you to define the number of days that must pass before virus definitions are considered out of date. If definitions are determined to be out of date this state may... |
| V-77967 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured block Office applications from creating child processes. | Office apps, such as Word or Excel, will not be allowed to create child processes.
This is a typical malware behavior, especially for macro-based attacks that attempt to use Office apps to launch... |
| V-77965 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to block executable content from email client and webmail. | This rule blocks the following file types from being run or launched from an email seen in either Microsoft Outlook or webmail (such as Gmail.com or Outlook.com):
Executable files (such as .exe,... |
| V-77969 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured block Office applications from creating executable content. | This rule targets typical behaviors used by suspicious and malicious add-ons and scripts (extensions) that create or launch executable files. This is a typical malware technique.
Extensions will... |
| V-75239 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to turn on e-mail scanning. | This policy setting allows you to configure e-mail scanning. When e-mail scanning is enabled the engine will parse the mailbox and mail files according to their specific format in order to analyze... |
| V-75219 | Medium | Windows Defender AV Group Policy settings must take priority over the local preference settings. | This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration to turn on real-time protection. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting the local preference... |
| V-75217 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to not allow override of behavior monitoring. | This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of behavior monitoring. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting the local preference setting... |
| V-75215 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to not allow override of scanning for downloaded files and attachments. | This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of scanning for all downloaded files and attachments. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting... |
| V-75231 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to process scanning when real-time protection is enabled. | This policy setting allows you to configure process scanning when real-time protection is turned on. This helps to catch malware which could start when real-time protection is turned off. If you... |
| V-75213 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to not allow override of monitoring for incoming and outgoing file activity. | This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of monitoring for incoming and outgoing file activity. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this... |
| V-75211 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to not allow local override of monitoring for file and program activity. | This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration of monitoring for file and program activity on your computer. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this... |
| V-75209 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured for protocol recognition for network protection. | This policy setting allows you to configure protocol recognition for network protection against exploits of known vulnerabilities. If you enable or do not configure this setting protocol... |
| V-75159 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to enable the Automatic Exclusions feature. | Allows an administrator to specify if Automatic Exclusions feature for Server SKUs should be turned off. |
| V-75227 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to always enable real-time protection. | This policy setting turns off real-time protection prompts for known malware detection. Windows Defender Antivirus alerts you when malware or potentially unwanted software attempts to install... |
| V-75151 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to automatically take action on all detected tasks. | This policy setting allows you to configure whether Windows Defender automatically takes action on all detected threats. The action to be taken on a particular threat is determined by the... |
| V-75155 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to not exclude files for scanning. | This policy setting allows you to disable scheduled and real-time scanning for files under the paths specified or for the fully qualified resources specified. Paths should be added under the... |
| V-75157 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to not exclude files opened by specified processes. | This policy setting allows you to disable scheduled and real-time scanning for any file opened by any of the specified processes. The process itself will not be excluded. To exclude the process... |
| V-77975 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to block execution of potentially obfuscated scripts. | Malware and other threats can attempt to obfuscate or hide their malicious code in some script files. This rule prevents scripts that appear to be obfuscated from running.
It uses the... |
| V-75225 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to scan all downloaded files and attachments. | This policy setting allows you to configure scanning for all downloaded files and attachments. If you enable or do not configure this setting scanning for all downloaded files and attachments will... |
| V-77971 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to block Office applications from injecting into other processes. | Office apps, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, will not be able to inject code into other processes. This is typically used by malware to run malicious code in an attempt to hide the activity... |
| V-77973 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to impede JavaScript and VBScript to launch executables. | JavaScript and VBScript scripts can be used by malware to launch other malicious apps.
This rule prevents these scripts from being allowed to launch apps, thus preventing malicious use of the... |
| V-77979 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to prevent user and apps from accessing dangerous websites. | Enable Windows Defender Exploit Guard network protection to prevent employees from using any application to access dangerous domains that may host phishing scams exploit-hosting sites and other... |
| V-75223 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to monitor for file and program activity. | This policy setting allows you to configure monitoring for file and program activity. If you enable or do not configure this setting monitoring for file and program activity will be enabled. If... |
| V-75245 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to check for definition updates daily. | This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to check for definition updates. The check can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can... |
| V-75221 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must monitor for incoming and outgoing files. | This policy setting allows you to configure monitoring for incoming and outgoing files without having to turn off monitoring entirely. It is recommended for use on servers where there is a lot of... |
| V-75235 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to scan removable drives. | This policy setting allows you to manage whether or not to scan for malicious software and unwanted software in the contents of removable drives such as USB flash drives when running a full scan.... |
| V-75247 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured for automatic remediation action to be taken for each threat alert level. | This policy setting allows you to customize which automatic remediation action will be taken for each threat alert level. Threat alert levels should be added under the Options for this setting.... |
| V-75229 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to enable behavior monitoring. | This policy setting allows you to configure behavior monitoring. If you enable or do not configure this setting behavior monitoring will be enabled. If you disable this setting behavior monitoring... |
| V-75167 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to join Microsoft MAPS. | This policy setting allows you to join Microsoft MAPS. Microsoft MAPS is the online community that helps you choose how to respond to potential threats. The community also helps stop the spread of... |
| V-77977 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to block Win32 imports from macro code in Office. | This rule blocks potentially malicious behavior by not allowing macro code to execute routines in the Win 32 dynamic link library (DLL). |
| V-75161 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to disable local setting override for reporting to Microsoft MAPS. | This policy setting configures a local override for the configuration to join Microsoft MAPS. This setting can only be set by Group Policy. If you enable this setting the local preference setting... |
| V-75237 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to perform a weekly scheduled scan. | This policy setting allows you to specify the day of the week on which to perform a scheduled scan. The scan can also be configured to run every day or to never run at all. This setting can be... |
| V-75163 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to check in real time with MAPS before content is run or accessed. | This feature ensures the device checks in real time with the Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS) before allowing certain content to be run or accessed. If this feature is disabled the check... |
| V-75233 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to scan archive files. | This policy setting allows you to configure scans for malicious software and unwanted software in archive files such as .ZIP or .CAB files. If you enable or do not configure this setting archive... |
| V-75207 | Medium | Windows Defender AV must be configured to only send safe samples for MAPS telemetry. | This policy setting configures behavior of samples submission when opt-in for MAPS telemetry is set. Possible options are: (0x0) Always prompt (0x1) Send safe samples automatically (0x2) Never... |
