ESS Web Protection works with IE, Edge, Chrome, and Firefox as a browser extension or add-on. All these browsers require you to manually activate the ESS Web Protection extensions before you can use Web Protection.
Each browser has different behaviors and steps that are associated with activating the ESS Web Protection extensions after ESS Web Protection is installed on the local computer.
This article shows how to configure Active Directory to force-enable the ESS Web Protection extension in Internet Explorer and Chrome.
Mozilla is investigating Active Directory integration. You cannot manage Firefox through Active Directory to force-enable the ESS Web Protection extension and keep end users from disabling the extension.
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To Enable ESS Web Protection, click the appropriate browser below.
In IE, a prompt displays at the bottom of the browser screen asking the end user to enable the ESS Web Protection Browser Helper Object (BHO) and ESS Web Protection toolbar. ESS Web Protection does not function in IE if the ESS Web Protection BHO and toolbar are not enabled.
The CLSID for ESS Web Protection BHO is {B164E929-A1B6-4A06-B104-2CD0E90A88FF}, and the CLSID for the ESS Web Protection toolbar is {0EBBBE48-BAD4-4B4C-8E5A-516ABECAE064}.
To use group policy to force the Add-ons to be enabled for the user:
Figure 1: (English Only) Group Policy Management Editor
The Show Contents dialog appears.
{B164E929-A1B6-4A06-B104-2CD0E90A88FF} {0EBBBE48-BAD4-4B4C-8E5A-516ABECAE064}
0 the add-on is disabled, and your employees cannot change it.
1 the add-on is enabled, and your employees cannot change it.
2 the add-on is enabled, and your employees can change it.
Figure 2: (English Only) Group Policy for Internet Explorer
Enabling turns off the message prompting you to Enable or Do not enable the add-on.
For details on AD templates and group policy, reference https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc985341.aspx and https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/internet-explorer/ie11-deploy-guide/enable-and-disable-add-ons-using-administrative-templates-and-group-policy
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In Edge, a prompt displays asking the end user to enable the Web Control extension when opening Edge after Web Control installation. Web Control does not function in Edge until the extension is enabled.
Figure 3: (English Only) McAfee Endpoint Security Web Control
If an end user disables the ENS Web Control extension in Edge, you cannot reenable the extension remotely; the end user must reenable the extension locally.
Windows provides a group policy (Prevent turning off required extensions) to harden the Edge extension. To ensure that users cannot disable the Web Control extension, add the Web Control extension PFN to the group policy Prevent turning off required extensions. The Web Control extension PFN is: 5A894077.McAfeeEndpointSecurityWebControl_wafk5atnkzcwy
For detailed instructions to enable this group policy, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/deploy/group-policies/extensions-management-gp#prevent-turning-off-required-extensions .
Microsoft does not provide a way to manage Edge through Active Directory to force-enable the ENS Web Control extension.
In Chrome, the menu icon is highlighted and a window opens with a message stating a new extension has been installed and is ready for use. ESS Web Protection does not function in Chrome until the extension is enabled.
Chrome also allows for the ESS Web Protection extension to be force-enabled through Active Directory.
Figure 4: (English Only) Group Policy Management Editor
The Show Contents dialog appears.
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For details, see https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/187202?hl=en .
In Firefox, a prompt displays asking the end user to enable the ESS Web Protection extension upon opening Firefox after the ESS Web Protection installation. The ESS Web Protection service will enable the ESS Web Protection browser extension automatically five minutes after installation if the end user has not already opened Firefox. Every 30 minutes, the ESS Web Protection service checks the status of the ESS Web Protection extension and enables the extension if it has been disabled by the end user. A browser restart is required to enable the ESS Web Protection browser.
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