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How to Manually Update Suspicious File List

KB ID: 4514
Product: Veeam Backup & Replication | 12.1 | 12.2
Published: 2023-12-05
Last Modified: 2024-07-11
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Intended Audience

This article is intended for Veeam Backup & Replication deployments where the software cannot access the internet to automatically update the SuspiciousFiles.xml file used by the Veeam Data Analyzer Service.

In environments where the Veeam Backup Server can access the internet, the Veeam Data Analyzer Service will check for an updated SuspiciousFiles.xml file every 1440 minutes (1 day). Furthermore, if the Veeam Backup Server has access to the internet, it can be forced to check for an update by restarting the service.

The content of this article also applies to the embedded Veeam Backup & Replication deployment installed alongside Veeam Recovery Orchestrator.

Purpose

This article is intended for environments where the Veeam Backup Server does not have direct access to the internet to be able to update the known malware extensions list (SuspiciousFiles.xml) automatically. This article documents the procedure for updating said file by manually downloading it on a machine with internet access and placing it on the Veeam Backup Server.

Solution

  1. Download the latest SuspiciousFiles.xml using a machine with internet access.
  2. Transfer the file to the Veeam Backup Server.
  3. Replace the existing SuspiciousFiles.xml found in:
    C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup\
    

    For the embedded Veeam Backup & Replication deployment included with Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, the path is:

    C:\Program Files\Veeam\Orchestrator\Backup\
    
  4. Restart the Veeam Data Analyzer Service.

 

Download SuspiciousFiles.xml

https://vbr.butler.veeam.com/malware-extensions-list

Do Not Modify SuspiciousFiles.xml
The SuspiciousFiles.xml is signed; any modification to the file will invalidate it.

More Information

SuspiciousFiles.xml XML Signature Check

Because the SuspiciousFiles.xml contains a signature, if the file is altered or corrupted (e.g., bad download), the Veeam Data Analyzer Service will refuse to load it.

You can verify if the Veeam Data Analyzer Service has accepted the file by checking the latest entries in:
C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\Svc.VeeamDataAnalyzer.log

An altered or corrupted SuspiciousFiles.xml will cause the following errors to appear in the log:

[CLocalFileSignaturesStorage] XML signature check result: Signed by Veeam=True, Valid chain=True, Correct file signature=False

A successfully validated SuspiciousFiles.xml will result in:

[CLocalFileSignaturesStorage] XML signature check result: Signed by Veeam=True, Valid chain=True, Correct file signature=True
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