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Does Flow have Virus Filters?

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Hello,

I have setup flow to send attachments from emails to my sharepoint site. Boss thought it was a great idea...... My only question is, do i risk infecting the sharepoint server or are there virus filters in place? I cant find documentation on this and i dont want the PC's i manage to all become infected through an unfiltered sync. As we all know many viruses infect through attachments and these attachments go directly from the email to my document library. Any information on this would be helpful.

Thanks for your time,

Chris

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andrerod Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi,

Currently we do not have scan for virus actions. It is a great idea to consider in the future though. You could suggest it here:
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas

That being said, simply uploading to sharepoint should not spread a virus. Opening the attachment is when any harm may be done to the computer that opens it assuming it has no anti virus, capable of detecting it, in place.

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Hi @andrerod,

Does the flow process or OneDrive have any virus filter/protection yet in 2020? I am asking it to find a bulletproof solution to give in user hands you know.

Thanks,
Matt

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@ITguy @A_Matt
You have a couple options now in 2021.

Check out this sample flow: https://us.flow.microsoft.com/en-us/galleries/public/templates/4e4db2cc48b1413ca280949bafbdc924/run-antivirus-scan-using-windows-defender-upon-a-cloud-app-security-alert/

Or see Microsoft's announcement from 6 October 2021 that files in SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams can be automatically scanned for viruses: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/mdo-for-spo-odb-and-teams?view=o365-worldwide

And how to turn on the new feature: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/turn-on-mdo-for-spo-odb-and-teams?view=o365-worldwide

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