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WNDF-AV-000077 - Microsoft Defender AV must enable heuristics.

Information

Always-on protection consists of real-time protection, behavior monitoring, and heuristics to identify malware based on known suspicious and malicious activities.

Solution

Set the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Microsoft Defender Antivirus >> Scan >> Turn on heuristics to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Defender_Antivirus_V2R9_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3c.1., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002624, Rule-ID|SV-278680r1192832_rule, STIG-ID|WNDF-AV-000077, Vuln-ID|V-278680

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: c6ac3f941480d08c7572993088bca79aacbdb7531d6f04384adfabc4940f3297