TMA-INTUNE-DEFENDER-2.1
Ensure 'Allow Archive Scanning' is set to 'Allowed'
Description
This policy setting configures whether Microsoft Defender Antivirus scans for malicious software and unwanted software in archive files such as .ZIP or .CAB files. The recommended state for this setting is: Allowed. Scans the archive files.. Audit: reads the registry value(s) behind this Defender policy (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender) and prints compliant only when each satisfies the benchmark value. Policy delivered by Intune only appears here once it has been applied to the device.
How it is checked
Audit method: Windows registry
$bad = @(); $v = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan' -Name 'DisableArchiveScanning' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).'DisableArchiveScanning'; if (-not ($null -ne $v -and @(0) -contains [int64]$v)) { $bad += 'DisableArchiveScanning=' + $v }; if ($bad.Count -eq 0) { 'compliant' } else { 'non-compliant: ' + ($bad -join ', ') }- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
To establish the recommended configuration via configuration profiles, set the following Settings Catalog path to Allowed. Scans the archive files.: Defender\Allow Archive Scanning To establish the recommended configuration via Endpoint Security Blade: 1. Navigate to Endpoint Security 2. Click Antivirus 3. Click Create Profile 4. Select Windows for the Platform and Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Profile 5. Name the profile 6. Configure Allow Archive Scanning to Allowed
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- intune-defenderintuneregistry
- Reference
- CIS Microsoft Intune for Microsoft Defender Antivirus Benchmark v1.0.0 - 2.1 Ensure 'Allow Archive Scanning' is set to 'Allowed'
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target intune-defender