Macro Detection Page

You can use the Macro Detection report page to view:

  • Top Incoming Macro-Enabled Attachments by File Type in graphical and tabular format.

  • Total Incoming Macro-Enabled Attachments by File Type in tabular format.

  • Top Outgoing Macro-Enabled Attachments by File Type in graphical and tabular format.

  • Total Outgoing Macro-Enabled Attachments by File Type in tabular format.

To view the Macro Detection report page on the Security Management appliance, select Email from the Product drop-down and choose Monitoring > Macro Detection from the Reports drop-down. For more information, see Using the Interactive Report Pages.

From the Macro Detection report page you can export raw data to a CSV file. For information on printing or exporting a file, see the Exporting Reporting and Tracking Data.

You can click on the number of macro-enabled attachments to view the related messages in Message Tracking.

Note

During report generation:

  • If one or more macros are detected within an archive file, the Archive Files file type is incremented by one. The number of macro-enabled attachments within an archive file are not counted.

  • If one or more macros are detected within an embedded file, the parent file type is incremented by one. The number of macro-enabled attachments within an embedded file are not counted.