Exchange antimalware agent must be enabled and configured.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-259694	SRG-APP-000272	EX19-MB-000146	SV-259694r1015276_rule	2024-08-22	2

Description
Microsoft Exchange 2019 offers built-in antimalware protection for messages going through the transport pipeline. When enabled, the default settings are configured to automatically update. Exchange's built-in Malware Agent is not designed to address all malicious code protection workloads. This workload is best handled by third-party antivirus and intrusion prevention software. Sites must use an approved DOD scanner. Exchange Malware software has a limited scanning capability and does not scan files that are downloaded, opened, or executed.

Description

Microsoft Exchange 2019 offers built-in antimalware protection for messages going through the transport pipeline. When enabled, the default settings are configured to automatically update. Exchange's built-in Malware Agent is not designed to address all malicious code protection workloads. This workload is best handled by third-party antivirus and intrusion prevention software. Sites must use an approved DOD scanner. Exchange Malware software has a limited scanning capability and does not scan files that are downloaded, opened, or executed.

ℹ️ Check
Open the Exchange Management Shell and run the following cmdlets: Get-TransportAgent "Malware Agent" If the identity "Malware Agent" is not set to "Enabled", this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Open the Exchange Management Shell and run the following command: & $env:ExchangeInstallPath\Scripts\Enable-AntimalwareScanning.ps1 This will automatically enable the anti-malware agent. After the script completes, run the following cmdlet to complete the process: Restart-Service MSExchangeTransport This may take up to 10 minutes to take effect.