

The following helps provide anti-malware protection: You can also choose to replace infected attachments with either default or custom messages that notify the recipients of the malware detection. Notifications may also be sent to senders or administrators when an infected message is deleted and not delivered. If malware is detected, the message is deleted. Messages transported through the service are scanned for malware (including viruses and spyware).

Using multiple anti-malware engines, EOP offers multilayered protection that's designed to catch all known malware. However, administrators can make company-specific filtering customizations using the Exchange admin center. Administrators don't need to set up or maintain the filtering technologies they're enabled by default. Exchange Online Protection against malwareĪll email messages for Exchange Online travel through Exchange Online Protection (EOP), which quarantines and scans in real time all email and email attachments both entering and leaving the system for viruses and other malware. Incidents are tracked and resolved, and post-mortem analysis is performed. The receiving personnel initiate the incident response process. When anti-malware tools detect malware, they block the malware and generate an alert to Microsoft 365 service team personnel, Microsoft 365 Security, and/or the security and compliance team of the Microsoft organization that operates our datacenters.
