DTAM138 - McAfee VirusScan Access Protection Rules must be configured to prevent McAfee services from being stopped.

Information

When the 'Prevent McAfee services from being stopped' check box is selected under Access Protection, VSE will prevent anyone except the System account from terminating McAfee services. This protects VirusScan from being disabled by malicious programs that seek to circumvent virus protection programs by terminating their services.

Solution

Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console.
Under the Task column, select Access Protection, right-click, and select Properties.

Under the Access Protection tab, select the 'Prevent McAfee services from being stopped' option.

Click OK to save.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_McAfee_VirusScan88_Local_Client_V6R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3c.1., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-001242, Rule-ID|SV-243412r722575_rule, STIG-ID|DTAM138, STIG-Legacy|SV-55288, STIG-Legacy|V-42560, Vuln-ID|V-243412

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 2ed7fcd921f8da808357ba624365bea8b0b82dac212dc155d2a9f537a384db31