McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.6.0

Configure HTML file settings

Configure settings in a policy to scan for elements or remove executables such as ActiveX, Java applets, VBScripts in HTML components in an email.

If any of this content is found in HTML, it is removed. This filter works only if Content Scanner is enabled.
Task
1 From Policy Manager, select a submenu item that has the filter.
The policy page for the submenu item appears.
2 Click Master policy or any subpolicy you want to configure, then click List All Scanners tab.
3 Click HTML Files.
4 In Options, click <create new set of options>.
The HTML Files page appears.
5 In Instance name, type a unique name for the filter setting instance. This field is mandatory.
6 In Scan the following elements, select any of these option(s):
Comments — To scan for comment elements in the HTML message. For example:
<!-- comment text --!>
Source URLS ("<img src=...") — To scan for source URL elements in the HTML message. For example:
<IMG SRC="..\..\images\icons\mcafee_logo_rotating75.gif">
Metadata — To scan for metadata elements in the HTML message. For example:
< META EQUI="Expires" Content="Tue, 04 January 2013 21:29:02">
JavaScript / VBScript — To scan for JavaScript or Visual Basic script in the HTML message. For example:
<script language="javascript" scr="mfe/mfe.js">
Links URLs ("<ahref=...") — To scan for URL elements in the HTML message. For example:
<a HREF="McAfee.htm">
7 In Remove the following executable elements, select any of these option(s):
JavaScript / VBScript — To remove JavaScript or Visual Basic script elements from the HTML message. For example:
<script language="javascript" scr="mfe/mfe.js">
ActiveX controls — To remove ActiveX control elements from the HTML message. For example:
<OBJECT ID="clock" data="http://www.mcafee.com/vscan.png" type="image/png"> VirusScan Image </OBJECT>
Java applets — To remove Java applet elements from the HTML message. For example:
<APPLET code="XYZApp.class" codebase="HTML ....."></APPLET>
Macromedia Flash — To remove Macromedia Flash elements from the HTML message. This option gets enabled if you have selected ActiveX controls. For example:
<EMBED SCR="somefilename.swf" width="500" height="200">
8 Click Save to return to the policy page.
9 Click Apply to configure these settings to a policy.