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Malware Eng Shutdown

Query

//Accounts that shutdown the Microsoft antimalware engine

search in (SecurityEvent) EventID == 4689 and "MsMpEng.exe" 
| summarize TerminationCount = count() by Account

Explanation

This query searches for security events with Event ID 4689 that involve the shutdown of the Microsoft antimalware engine (MsMpEng.exe). It then summarizes the number of times this has occurred for each user account.

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Rod Trent

Released: May 25, 2021

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SecurityEvent

Keywords

Accounts,Microsoft,Antimalware,Engine,SecurityEvent,EventID,MsMpEng.exe,TerminationCount,Account

Operators

searchinEventID==and"MsMpEng.exe"|summarizeTerminationCount=count()byAccount.

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