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Configure Exploit Prevention

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Configure Exploit Prevention policy in your system.

  • You must have installed Trellix ENS Threat Prevention extension 10.7.0.840 or above for Exploit prevention to work in your environment.

  • Check-in Trellix ENS Exploit prevention Linux content.

Note

If you first check in Trellix ENS Exploit prevention Linux content and then install Trellix ENS Threat Prevention extension, the exploit prevention signatures doesn't reflect in the policy.

  1. Log on to the system as a user with administrator rights.

  2. Navigate to the default or custom directory. For example:

    /opt/McAfee/ens/tp/bin

  3. On a managed system, to enable Exploit Prevention, run:

    ./mfetpcli --setepstatus enable

    Note

    To disable Exploit Prevention, run:

    ./mfetpcli --setepstatus disable