Microsoft Exchange Server 2013: Connectivity, Clients, and UM

Managing anti-malware scanning

The anti-malware scanner in Exchange is conceptually pretty simple to manage. Currently, a single anti-malware policy controls the settings available for malware scanning. The scanner uses only a single engine, and you can’t manipulate its scanning settings or signatures directly. You cannot disable or remove the default policy, although you can turn off scanning as described later in this section. You can create or remove your own policies by using EMS; the policies you create will appear in EAC, and you can change settings for the default policy or your own policies through either EAC or EMS.

The settings for the policy are minimal. You can control what happens when malware is detected in a message. Your choices ...