Anti-Malware events

For general best practices related to events, see Events in Workload Security.

To see the Anti-Malware events captured by Workload Security, go to Events & Reports > Events > Anti-Malware Events.

The following columns can be displayed on the Anti-Malware Events page. You can click Columns to select which columns are displayed in the table.

• Detected: Date and time the event took place on the computer.
• Computer: The computer on which this event was logged. If the computer has been removed, this entry reads "Unknown Computer".
• Infected File(s): The location and name of the infected file.
• Created: Date and time when the file or folder was created on the computer.
• Modified: Date and time when the file or folder was modified on the computer.
• Tag(s): Event tags associated with this event.
• Malware: The name of the malware that was found.
• Action Taken: Displays the results of the actions specified in the malware scan configuration associated with the event.
  • Cleaned: Workload Security successfully terminated processes or deleted registries, files, cookies, or shortcuts, depending on the type of malware.
  • Clean Failed: Malware could not be cleaned for a variety of possible reasons.
  • Deleted: An infected file was deleted.
  • Delete Failed: An infected file could not be deleted for a variety of possible reasons. For example, the file may be locked by another application, is on a CD, or is in use. If possible, Workload Security will delete the infected file once it is released.
  • Quarantined: An infected file was moved to the identified files folder.
  • Quarantine Failed: An infected file could not be quarantined for a variety of possible reasons. For example, the file may be locked by another application, is on a CD, or is in use. If possible, Workload Security will quarantine the infected file once it is released. It is also possible that the "Maximum disk space used to store identified files" (specified on the Policy/Computer Editor > Anti-Malware > Advanced tab) has been exceeded.
  • Access Denied: Workload Security has prevented the infected file from being accessed without removing the file from the system.
  • Passed: Workload Security did not take any action but logged the detection of the malware.
• Scan Type: The type of scan that found the malware (Real-Time, Scheduled, or Manual).
• Event Origin: Indicates from which part of the Workload Security system the event originated.
• Reason: The malware scan configuration that was in effect when the malware was detected.
• Major Virus Type: The type of malware detected. Possible values are: Joke, Trojan, Virus, Test, Spyware, Packer, Generic, or Other. For information on these types of malware, see the Anti-Malware event details or see What types of malware does Workload Security protect against?
• Target(s): The file, process, or registry key (if any) that the malware was trying to affect. If the malware was trying to affect more than one, this field contains the value Multiple.
• Target Type: The type of system resource that this malware was trying to affect, such as the file system, a process, or Windows registry.
• Container ID: ID of the Docker container where the malware was found.
• Container Image Name: Image name of the Docker container where the malware was found.
• Container Name: Name of the Docker container where the malware was found.
• File MD5: The MD5 hash of the file.
• Process Image Path: The full path of the process that generates an anti-malware event detection.
• Process PID: The PID of the process that generates an anti-malware event.

Note that since Windows does not support process information, it does not support process image path or process PID.

List of all Anti-Malware events