Securing Email with Cisco Email Security Appliance (SESA) — Question 98

A network administrator enabled McAfee antivirus scanning on a Cisco ESA and configured the virus scanning action of “scan for viruses only.” If the scanner finds a virus in an attachment for an incoming email, what action will be applied to this message?

Answer options

• A. The attachment is dropped and replaced with a “Removed Attachment” file.
• B. The email and attachment are forwarded to the network administrator.
• C. The system will attempt to repair the attachment.
• D. No repair is attempted, and the attachment is either dropped or delivered.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because with the action set to 'scan for viruses only', the Cisco ESA does not perform any repair on the attachment; instead, it will either drop the attachment or deliver it as is. Options A and B are incorrect as they describe actions that are not part of the 'scan for viruses only' setting, and option C is wrong because no repair is attempted.