DTAM149 - McAfee VirusScan Access Protection Rules Anti-Virus Standard Protection must be set to prevent remote creation of autorun files.

Information

Autorun files are used to automatically launch program files, typically setup files from CDs. Preventing other computers from making a connection and creating or altering autorun.inf files can prevent spyware and adware from being executed. There are many spyware and virus programs distributed on CDs.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

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, locate the 'Access protection rules:' label. In the 'Categories' box, select 'Anti-Virus Standard Protection'.
Select 'Prevent remote creation of autorun files' (Block and Report) options.

Click OK to save.

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_McAfee_VirusScan88_Local_Client_V5R16_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001242, Rule-ID|SV-55288r2_rule, STIG-ID|DTAM149, Vuln-ID|V-42560

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: d26f225ceb4339d70ace555596251ada9144b92267ae4d478c908a669213e086