Sysmon Event ID 4

SourceSysmon

4: Sysmon service state changed

This is an event from Sysmon.

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The service state change event reports the state of the Sysmon service (started or stopped).

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Description Fields in 4

  •  Log Name
  • Source
  • Date
  • Event ID
  • Task Category
  • Level
  • Keywords
  • User
  • Computer
  • Description
  • UtcTime
  • State
  • Version
  • SchemaVersion

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Examples of 4

Sysmon service state changed:
UtcTime: 2017-04-28 22:52:20.883
State: Stopped
Version: 6.01
SchemaVersion: 3.30

 

Event XML:
 
 <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
    <System>
        <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon" Guid="{5770385F-C22A-43E0-BF4C-06F5698FFBD9}" />
        <EventID>4</EventID>
        <Version>3</Version>
        <Level>4</Level>
        <Task>4</Task>
        <Opcode>0</Opcode>
        <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
        <TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-04-28T22:52:20.883759300Z" />
        <EventRecordID>16761</EventRecordID>
        <Correlation />
        <Execution ProcessID="3216" ThreadID="3220" />
        <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational</Channel>
        <Computer>rfsH.lab.local</Computer>
        <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
    </System>
    <EventData>
        <Data Name="UtcTime">2017-04-28 22:52:20.883</Data>
        <Data Name="State">Stopped</Data>
        <Data Name="Version">6.01</Data>
        <Data Name="SchemaVersion">3.30</Data>
    </EventData>
</Event>

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