How does MetaDefender Kiosk do file type detection?
This article applies to all MetaDefender Kiosk V4 releases deployed on Windows or Linux systems.
One key feature of the MetaDefender Kiosk solution is its advanced file-type detection capability (a.k.a. file-type analysis/file-type mismatch/file mismatch analysis, etc.), driven by Kiosk’s integration with MetaDefender Core.
To enable Kiosk’s file-type analysis feature:
- Open your Kiosk Management Console>Workflows tab.
- Click the edit icon on the relevant user workflow
- Assign the appropriate workflow (a workflow with file-type detection enabled) under Processing>Workflow Rule, as illustrated below:
To enable or configure the file-type analysis feature on a given workflow:
- open your Core Management Console>Workflow Management>Workflows tab
- open any Kiosk-associated workflow
- make changes under the File Type tab, as illustrated in the screenshot below.
For the full list of 4500+ file-types supported by MetaDefender Core’s file-type detection feature, please Read This Article
If you have any difficulty Configuring and Assigning Workflows to Enable Kiosk’s File-Type Detection Feature, please follow these instructions on How To Create a Support Package, before creating a support case or chatting with our support engineer.