System Requirements

This task describes the requirements before you install and use the BigFix CMEP in console.

CMEP offers support for a variety of antivirus products. The current supported antivirus products and product versions are listed in the following table:

Important: CMEP only supports the endpoints with Mac and Windows platforms. See the BigFix CMEP Support Matrix for latest information on the supported antivirus products and functions at CMEP Fixlets coverage and CMEP analysis coverage.

CMEP Fixlets coverage

The following table lists of antivirus products covered by CMEP Fixlets:

Table 1. CMEP Fixlets coverage
List of antivirus products covered by CMEP Fixlets
Vendor	Product	Check if the AV agent is installed	Check if the AV agent is running	Take action to start AV agent/service	Check if the Virus definition file (vdf) is up-to-date	Take action to update vdf	Check if the Scan Engine version is up-to-date	Take action to update the Scan engine version
Symantec	Endpoint Protection	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Symantec	Symantec Endpoint Protection for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
McAfee	Endpoint Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Endpoint Security for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	VirusScan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	VirusScan for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trend Micro	OfficeScan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Trend Micro Security for Mac	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
	ServerProtect	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sophos	Endpoint Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Sophos	Antivirus for Mac	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Microsoft	Windows Defender	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Falcon Sensor	Crowdstrike for Windows	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Falcon Sensor	Crowdstrike for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No

*Audit only Fixlets detect virus definitions that are more than seven days old.

Notes:

The vendor defines the supported platform for each antivirus product. Refer to the vendor website to review the support matrix for a product.
For each supported antivirus product, CMEP supports all the platforms that are currently supported by the antivirus product, as long as the platform is also supported by the BigFix agent. To verify the BigFix support scope, see the Detailed system requirements.

CMEP analysis coverage

The following table lists the properties of each vendor product supported by CMEP analyses:

Table 2. CMEP analysis coverage
List of analysis properties supported for each antivirus product covered by CMEP
Vendor	Products	AV client version	AV Engine version	AV Definition version	AV definition installation date / Release Date / Last Update Time	AV Client service status / Health Status	Other specific properties present for each AV
Symantec	Symantec Endpoint Protection 14	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes
Symantec	Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 for Mac	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes
McAfee	McAfee VirusScan for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	McAfee VirusScan Enterprise	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Detected Viruses - McAfee VirusScan
	McAfee Endpoint Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	McAfee Endpoint Security for Mac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trend Micro	Trend Micro OfficeScan	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Installation Time, Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Scan Type, Trend Micro OfficeScan Virus Scan Pattern Version, Trend Micro OfficeScan Client Smart Scan Pattern Version
	Trend Micro Security for Mac	Yes	No	N/A	N/A	Yes	Trend Micro Security for Mac Client Pattern Last Update Time, Trend Micro Security for Mac Client Engine Last Update Time
	Trend Micro ServerProtect	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes
Sophos	Sophos AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	N/A		Yes	Sophos Anti-Virus Version, Detection Engine, DLLLoader.exe Running Time, Last EM Library Update Time, Last Update Time Detection Data, Malware Detected, Potentially Unwanted Application Detected, Detected Infections, Parent Router, Health Status
	Sophos AntiVirus for Mac	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Last Update Time
	Sophos Endpoint Security	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	Sophos Anti-Virus Version, Detection Engine, Detection Data, Last Update Time, Health Status, Malware Detected, Potentially Unwanted Application Detected, Detected Infections, Parent Router
Windows	Windows Defender	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Anti-Spyware Signature Version, Anti-Spyware Engine Version, Anti-Spyware Signature Release Date, Time of Last Scan Run, Defender Service Status
Falcon Sensor	Crowdstrike for Windows	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Falcon Sensor	Crowdstrike for Mac	Yes	No	No	No	Yes