Details
When anti-virus software is not configured to limit the amount of time spent trying to scan a file, the total effectiveness of the anti-virus software, and performance on the system being scanned, will be degraded. By limiting the amount of time the anti-virus software uses when scanning a file, the scan will be able to complete in a timely manner.
Solution
From the ePO server console System Tree, select ‘My Organization’. Select the ‘Systems’ tab. To show all systems in the System Tree, select ‘This Group and All Subgroups’ from the ‘Preset:’ drop-down list.
From the list of systems, locate the asset representing the Linux system being reviewed. Click on the system to open the System Information page.
Click on Actions >> Agent >> Modify Policies on a Single System.
From the ‘Product:’ drop-down list, select ‘VirusScan Enterprise for Linux 1.9.x/2.0.x’.
From the ‘Policy’ column, click on the policy for the ‘On-Access Scanning Policy’.
In the ‘General’ tab, next to ‘Maximum Scan Time:’, select the check box for ‘Enforce maximum scanning time for all files’. Configure the ‘Maximum scan time (seconds):’ to 45 or more.
Click ‘Save’.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Information Integrity.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.
References
- 800-53|SI-3c.2.
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-001243
- Rule-ID|SV-77505r1_rule
- STIG-ID|DTAVSEL-011
- Vuln-ID|V-63015