Alerting, cleaning, and mitigation of detected malware.Automatic download and application of signature updates at least daily from the vendor's virus definition site.Real-time scans of files as they're downloaded, opened, or executed.Periodic scans of the file system (at least weekly).The following functions are centrally managed by the appropriate anti-malware tool on each endpoint for each service team: The automatic download and application of signature updates at least daily from the vendor's virus definition site is centrally managed by the appropriate anti-malware tool for each service team. Anti-malware software provides both preventive and detective control over malicious software.Įach anti-malware solution in place tracks the version of the software and what signatures are running.
The anti-malware software detects and prevents computer viruses, malware, rootkits, worms, and other malicious software from being introduced into any service systems. The use of anti-malware software is a principal mechanism for protection of Microsoft 365 assets from malicious software. Microsoft 365 includes protection mechanisms to prevent malware from being introduced into Microsoft 365 by a client or by a Microsoft 365 server. Malware consists of viruses, spyware and other malicious software. In this article Protecting customer data from malware