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Monitor .Exe files

AaronMoorcroft
Communicator

Hey Guys,

is there a quick and easy way to monitor .exe within the Windows sys32 folder via a stanza ?

I need to know if the file is ran / closed / renamed or moved

I tried the [monitor] stanza but it looks like that only monitors the file contents i.e. file edits

Thank you

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renjith_nair
Legend

Probably the security events might help you

Reference : http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Data/MonitorfilesystemchangesonWindows

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AaronMoorcroft
Communicator

Thank you i'll take a look at this option. 🙂

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