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3. Setting buffer overflow minimum protection
Buffer overflow attacks compose greater than 25% of malware attacks. Without buffer overflow
protection enabled your systems are more vulnerable to attacks that attempt to overwrite
adjacent memory in the stack frame.
NOTE: Buffer overflow is not installed on 64-bit systems.
By default buffer overflow protection is enabled on all VirusScan Enterprise protected machines.
McAfee recommends buffer overflow protection remain enabled on all machines.
To configure buffer overflow protection using ePolicy Orchestrator, access the VirusScan
Enterprise 8.8, Buffer Overflow Protection Policies category, and click Buffer Overflow
Protection. Next to Buffer overflow settings, enable the following:
• Enable buffer overflow protection
• Protection mode
The following ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5 display shows the buffer overflow settings enabled.
Configuring Essential Security
3. Setting buffer overflow minimum protection
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