Details
Computer viruses in the early days of personal computing were almost exclusively passed around by floppy disks. Floppy disks would be used to boot the computer and, if infected, would infect the hard drive files, as well. Although floppy drives have fallen out of use, it is still a good security practice, whenever the antivirus software allows, to enable the scanning software to scan a floppy disk at shutdown.
Solution
Access the local VirusScan console by clicking Start->All Programs->McAfee->VirusScan Console
On the menu bar, click Task->On-Access Scanner Properties.
Select the General Settings.
Under the General tab, locate the ‘Scan:’ label. Select the ‘Floppy during shutdown’ option.
Click OK to 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 Windows.
References
- 800-53|SI-3c.1.
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-001242
- Rule-ID|SV-56368r1_rule
- STIG-ID|DTAM003
- Vuln-ID|V-6468