How do I determine which viruses Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) is protecting against?

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Updated:August 5, 2014
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Introduction

This document describes that given a specific vulnerability, how can I determine if my ESA is protecting against it?

Given a specific vulnerability, how can I determine if my ESA is protecting against it?

To see what viruses are being blocked by Sophos, query for a list of IDE files loaded on the system with the CLI command antivirusstatus detail. In many cases, each IDE file contains protection from more than one viruses.

esa.example.com> antivirusstatus detail

Sophos Anti-Virus:

   Product - 5.01
   Engine - 3.51.0
   Product Date - 14 May 2014

Sophos IDEs currently on the system:

   'Docdl-P.Ide'          Virus Sig. - 05 Aug 2014 08:53:35
   'Age-Aiea.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 05 Aug 2014 07:05:14
   'Zbot-Isp.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 05 Aug 2014 03:34:12
   'Msil-Zy.Ide'          Virus Sig. - 05 Aug 2014 01:08:36
   'Ramdo-Ad.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 04 Aug 2014 21:44:19
   'Emotet-N.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 04 Aug 2014 17:18:50
   'Upatr-Dt.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 04 Aug 2014 14:10:14
   'Auto-Amt.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 04 Aug 2014 12:04:07
   'Msil-Zo.Ide'          Virus Sig. - 04 Aug 2014 07:39:09
   'Inje-Bae.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 04 Aug 2014 04:59:54
   'Inje-Azy.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 03 Aug 2014 23:38:27
   'Age-Aife.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 03 Aug 2014 18:45:36
   'Dwnl-Ltw.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 03 Aug 2014 11:40:44
   'Msil-Zm.Ide'          Virus Sig. - 03 Aug 2014 07:33:07
   'Wonto-Fo.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 03 Aug 2014 04:32:31
   'Auto-Ams.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 03 Aug 2014 02:29:05
   'Wonto-Fm.Ide'         Virus Sig. - 03 Aug 2014 00:09:52

Research the specific vulnerability on Sophos' web page. Look for the IDE name. Cross check against the antivirusstatus detail command. If the IDE that matches the vulnerability is on the list, you are protected.

To get the complete list of viruses for each IDE file, visit the Sophos Anti-Virus Web site at: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/.

If you need to know about protection from a specific virus, first find its entry on the Sophos Anti-Virus Web site.

Verify that this IDE file is loaded with the antivirusstatus detail CLI command.

Revision History

Revision Publish Date Comments
1.0
05-Aug-2014
Initial Release
TAC Authored

Contributed by Cisco Engineers

  • Jackie Fleming and Stephan Bayer
    Cisco TAC Engineers.

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