Microsoft Defender Antivirus Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to scan removable drives.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows the management of whether or not to scan for malicious software and unwanted software in the conte...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000277
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to perform a weekly scheduled scan.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows specifying the day of the week on which to perform a scheduled scan. The scan can also be configur...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to turn on e-mail scanning.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows the configuration of e-mail scanning. When e-mail scanning is enabled, the engine will parse the m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000276
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Microsoft Defender AV spyware definition age must not exceed 7 days.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows defining the number of days that must pass before spyware definitions are considered out of date. ...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Microsoft Defender AV virus definition age must not exceed 7 days.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows defining the number of days that must pass before virus definitions are considered out of date. If...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000261
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to check for definition updates daily.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows specifying the day of the week on which to check for definition updates. The check can also be con...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000207
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured for automatic remediation action to be taken for threat alert level Severe.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows the customization of which automatic remediation action will be taken for each threat alert level....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to block executable content from email client and webmail.
<VulnDiscussion>This rule blocks the following file types from being run or launched from an email seen in either Microsoft Outlook or webmai...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured block Office applications from creating child processes.
<VulnDiscussion>Office apps, such as Word or Excel, will not be allowed to create child processes. This is a typical malware behavior, especi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured block Office applications from creating executable content.
<VulnDiscussion>This rule targets typical behaviors used by suspicious and malicious add-ons and scripts (extensions) that create or launch e...Rule Medium Severity -
Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to block execution of potentially obfuscated scripts.
<VulnDiscussion>Malware and other threats can attempt to obfuscate or hide their malicious code in some script files. This rule prevents scri...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to block Win32 imports from macro code in Office.
<VulnDiscussion>This rule blocks potentially malicious behavior by not allowing macro code to execute routines in the Win 32 dynamic link lib...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured to prevent user and apps from accessing dangerous websites.
<VulnDiscussion>Enable Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard network protection to prevent employees from using any application to access dangerou...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000207
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Microsoft Defender AV must be configured for automatic remediation action to be taken for threat alert level High.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows the customization of which automatic remediation action will be taken for each threat alert level....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000207
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Microsoft Defender AV must be configured for automatic remediation action to be taken for threat alert level Medium.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows the customization of which automatic remediation action will be taken for each threat alert level....Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000207
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Microsoft Defender AV must be configured for automatic remediation action to be taken for threat alert level Low.
<VulnDiscussion>This policy setting allows the customization of which automatic remediation action will be taken for each threat alert level....Rule Medium Severity
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