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Defender is a Microsoft product that can be thought of as antivirus software. Any notifications of detecting, removing, and preventing detected malicious programs should be investigated. Even if a third-party antivirus or anti-spyware product is currently in use, the collection of Defender events may be useful in detecting anomalous system events. The following table lists the events in the Microsoft Windows/Windows Defender operational log:

Number of occurrences in rules

Eventid

Event source or category

1

1005

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

1

1006

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

1

1008

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

1

1010

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

1

2001

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

1

2003

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

2

2004

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

1

3002

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender

1

5008

Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender