Webwasher 6.0.1 Anti-Malware User's Guide - McAfee

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This active content may be hostile rather than friendly, so for full protection
against files that are embedded into Microsoft Office or PDF documents, you
should use the filter provided by the Document Inspector to inspect these documents
and block malicious content from entering your corporate network.
If you want to use this filter, make sure the checkbox next to the section heading
is marked. The checkbox is marked by default.
After specifying the appropriate settings, click on Apply Changes to make
them effective.
Use the following items to configure actions for office documents:
• Encrypted document found
From the drop-down list provided here, select an action, e. g. Drop, Drop
and Quarantine or Allow.
This action will be taken if the filter detects an office document attached to
an e-mail that is potentially malicious.
Document Types
The Document Types section looks like this:
Using this section, you can configure which of the filters described in the sections
above are to be applied to which document formats.
The document formats that can be filtered include Microsoft Word 97-2003, Microsoft
Excel 95-2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 95-2003 and all known versions
of Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
By default, all filters are configured to apply to all formats.
After modifying these settings, click on Apply Changes to make the modification
effective.
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