it-admin-au 0 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Hello, We have just migrated from Mcafee EPO. We are using the latest version of ESET endpoint for windows. We are told that we cannot create a policy that stops computers creating the following files from any process. We could with Mcafee EPO. Examples below. Stop creating the file in any folder EG.. myresume.exe news.exe DriverMagician.exe driverupdate.exe partypoker.exe Payment order details.doc Stop the folder being created EG.. C:\PROGRAM FILES\TIXAT Even wildcards in any folder EG.. *.tmp.tmp *.lol! *.toxcrypt Wildcards in a specific set of users folders EG.. %homepath%\AppData\Roaming\*.exe Has anyone found a way? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 5,156 Posted June 17, 2019 Administrators Share Posted June 17, 2019 HIPS currently doesn't support wildcards in file paths. By blocking a very few suspicious names that malware may use won't make your system safer given that in more than 99% of cases malware would use a different name than those above. ESET protects you regardless of what file names malware use. Plus there is also lot of fileless malware that resides in the registry, WMI, UEFI. For a list of technologies that protect our users at various layers in the system, please read https://www.eset.com/int/about/technology/. If you have a real use case that you try to resolve, please provide more details on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,716 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, it-admin-au said: Stop creating the file in any folder EG.. myresume.exe news.exe DriverMagician.exe driverupdate.exe partypoker.exe I use the registry debugger option for .exe's that can run from any directory. I set them to open as svchost.exe which immediately terminates: 13 hours ago, it-admin-au said: Stop the folder being created EG.. C:\PROGRAM FILES\TIXAT Eset HIP rule to block any write activity to C:\PROGRAM FILES\TIXAT\*.* would prevent anything being created in the folder. 13 hours ago, it-admin-au said: Wildcards in a specific set of users folders EG.. %homepath%\AppData\Roaming\*.exe Eset HIPS rule to block any application startup in %homepath%\AppData\Roaming\*.* would prevent any program startup in that or any sub-directories. Also note this in regards to using variables in Eset HIPS rules: https://forum.eset.com/topic/15740-environment-variables-for-hips-rules/?do=findComment&comment=77806 Edited June 17, 2019 by itman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it-admin-au 0 Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 Thanks for the reply. The idea of blocking filenames is not just for malware and virus-related purposes it also stops users from installing a pre-set of unwanted programs. Users with admin rights are forever installing programs by themselves (torrent related) or accidently due to software updates (drivermagician.exe etc). Yes viruses change the executable name but we have also found that there are a lot that keep the same executable file name. These additions are an additional layer of protection. The sysinternals suite seems a bit complex and time consuming to adapt. Possibly group policy may help. The idea of blocking entire folders is valid and used carefully. EG C:\PROGRAM FILES\TIXATI\*.* will block users from installing the torrent client. %homepath%\AppData\Roaming\*.exe - this is a recommended Mcafee insertion that we have used and never had any issues. I still feel that there should be a mechanism to restrict users from running a set file name. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,716 Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 22 hours ago, it-admin-au said: The sysinternals suite seems a bit complex and time consuming to adapt. Possibly group policy may help. The Autoruns screen shot I posted just showed the current registry settings. These have to be added manually via Regedit or possible by Group Policy: 22 hours ago, it-admin-au said: Users with admin rights are forever installing programs by themselves (torrent related) or accidently due to software updates (drivermagician.exe etc). This type of activity should be restricted via Group Policy setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it-admin-au 0 Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 I will have a look and see if the mods get around a few concerns thks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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