Windows event log · Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational1134 Microsoft Defender Attack Surface Reduction has audited an operation
- Defender and policy
- 7 fields
Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender%4Operational.evtxMicrosoft-Windows-Windows Defender
Fields EvtxECmd extracts
7 columns in the EvtxECmd CSV
- UserName
%User%- %User% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="User Sid"]
- ExecutableInfo
Process: %Process%- %Process% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Process"]
- PayloadData1
Action: %ActionType% | Level: %Enforcement%- %ActionType% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Action Type"]
- %Enforcement% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Enforcement Level"]
- PayloadData2
Source: %Source%- %Source% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Source"]
- PayloadData3
Target: %Target%- %Target% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Target"]
- PayloadData4
Policy Rule ID: %PolicyID%- %PolicyID% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Policy Rule Id"]
- PayloadData5
Versions - Product: %ProdVer% | Engine: %EngVer%- %ProdVer% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Product Version"]
- %EngVer% = /Event/EventData/Data[@Name="Engine Version"]
Sample event
Event XML from the map file
<Event>
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender" Guid="11cd958a-c507-4ef3-b3f2-5fd9dfbd2c78"/>
<EventID>1134</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-04-08 12:57:40.9852031"/>
<EventRecordID>19725</EventRecordID>
<Correlation/>
<Execution ProcessID="8888" ThreadID="14320"/>
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>Desktop</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18"/>
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="Product Name">Microsoft Defender Antivirus</Data>
<Data Name="Product Version">4.18.26020.6</Data>
<Data Name="Unused"></Data>
<Data Name="Policy Version">639111495510120544-af2ac94f4525f95dba1c8aeb8ff55f58483c50f4</Data>
<Data Name="Policy Rule Id">bdf1e9d2-a23f-4536-826f-90fc14da76b6:3b71777d-6417-4e1c-l33t-5ee91dded6b2</Data>
<Data Name="Enforcement Level">Audit</Data>
<Data Name="Audit Reason">0</Data>
<Data Name="Event Timestamp">1601-01-01T00:01:00Z</Data>
<Data Name="Action Type">CopyToRemovableMedia</Data>
<Data Name="Process">explorer.exe</Data>
<Data Name="Source">\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\JohnDoe\OneDrive\Documents\001111.xls</Data>
<Data Name="Target">\Device\HarddiskVolume13\001111.xls</Data>
<Data Name="Session Id">1</Data>
<Data Name="User Sid">S-1-12-1-2879141281-1080656321-2721707915-3836312345</Data>
<Data Name="Signature Version">1.447.230.0</Data>
<Data Name="Engine Version">1.1.26020.3</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>References
3 links
Source: evtx/Maps/Microsoft-Windows-Windows-Defender-Operational_Microsoft-Windows-Windows-Defender_1134.map(opens in new tab) by Kevin Pagano and contributors(opens in new tab), MIT License(opens in new tab)