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Hello, I need to build a alert that fires on the presents of the two Windows Event codes I.E. EventCode=4663 and EventCode=4776, any suggestions

bluemarvel
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In order for the alert to work, both Eventcodes have to be activated.

query | search EventCode=4663 OR EventCode=4776 | table _time,EventCode,Message,

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nickhills
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I am making some assumptions:
1.) you expect the events to happen on the same host, and in a specific order (4663 followed by 4776)
2.) you expect the events to occur within a specified period of time (300 seconds)
3.) you don't care about other events which may have occurred in the meantime.

In which case the following should give you a result each time the above occurs:

( EventCode=4663 OR EventCode=4776) | transaction host maxspan=300s startswith="EventCode=4663" endswith="EventCode=4776"|table _time,host,EventCode,Message
If my comment helps, please give it a thumbs up!

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nickhills
Ultra Champion

I am making some assumptions:
1.) you expect the events to happen on the same host, and in a specific order (4663 followed by 4776)
2.) you expect the events to occur within a specified period of time (300 seconds)
3.) you don't care about other events which may have occurred in the meantime.

In which case the following should give you a result each time the above occurs:

( EventCode=4663 OR EventCode=4776) | transaction host maxspan=300s startswith="EventCode=4663" endswith="EventCode=4776"|table _time,host,EventCode,Message
If my comment helps, please give it a thumbs up!

bluemarvel
Path Finder

it does thank you

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naidusadanala
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Generally in windows logs for every event there will be one EventCode per event .

unable to understand the criteria "For triggerring the alert both event codes have to be activated?"

Per my understanding , does the alert needs to trigger if both the event codes occur with time difference ?

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bluemarvel
Path Finder

no, the suggestion that was provided will suffice, thank you

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