--- title: Import custom views to see Windows Defender Exploit Guard events description: Use Windows Event Viewer to import individual views for each of the features. keywords: event view, exploit guard, audit, review, events search.product: eADQiWindows 10XVcnh ms.pagetype: security ms.prod: w10 ms.mktglfcycl: manage ms.sitesec: library ms.pagetype: security ms.date: 04/16/2018 ms.localizationpriority: medium author: andreabichsel ms.author: v-anbic ms.date: 05/30/2018 --- # View Windows Defender Exploit Guard events **Applies to:** - Windows 10, version 1709 and later - Windows Server 2016 **Audience** - Enterprise security administrators Each of the four features in Windows Defender Exploit Guard allow you to review events in the Windows Event log. This is useful so you can monitor what rules or settings are working, and determine if any settings are too "noisy" or impacting your day to day workflow. Reviewing the events is also handy when you are evaluating the features, as you can enable audit mode for the features or settings, and then review what would have happened if they were fully enabled. This topic lists all the events, their associated feature or setting, and describes how to create custom views to filter to specific events. You can also get detailed reporting into Windows Defender EG events and blocks as part of the usual [alert investigation scenarios](../windows-defender-atp/investigate-alerts-windows-defender-advanced-threat-protection.md) in the Windows Defender Security Center console, which you gain access to if you have an E5 subscription and use [Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection](../windows-defender-atp/windows-defender-advanced-threat-protection.md). ## Use custom views to review Windows Defender Exploit Guard features You can create custom views in the Windows Event Viewer to only see events for specific features and settings. The easiest way to do this is to import a custom view as an XML file. You can obtain XML files for each of the features in the [Exploit Guard Evaluation Package](https://aka.ms/mp7z2w), or you can copy the XML directly from this page. You can also manually navigate to the event area that corresponds to the Windows Defender EG feature, see the [list of all Windows Defender Exploit Guard events](#list-of-all-windows-defender-exploit-guard-events) section at the end of this topic for more details. ### Import an existing XML custom view 1. Download the [Exploit Guard Evaluation Package](https://aka.ms/mp7z2w) and extract the appropriate file to an easily accessible location. The following filenames are each of the custom views: - Controlled folder access events custom view: *cfa-events.xml* - Exploit protection events custom view: *ep-events.xml* - Attack surface reduction events custom view: *asr-events.xml* - Network protection events custom view: *np-events.xml* 1. Type **event viewer** in the Start menu and open the Windows **Event Viewer**. 3. On the left panel, under **Actions**, click **Import Custom View...** ![Animation highlighting Import custom view on the left of the Even viewer window](images/events-import.gif) 4. Navigate to where you extracted XML file for the custom view you want and select it. 4. Click **Open**. 5. This will create a custom view that filters to only show the [events related to that feature](#list-of-all-windows-defender-exploit-guard-events). ### Copy the XML directly 1. Type **event viewer** in the Start menu and open the Windows **Event Viewer**. 3. On the left panel, under **Actions**, click **Create Custom View...** ![Animation highlighting the create custom view option on the Event viewer window ](images/events-create.gif) 4. Go to the XML tab and click **Edit query manually**. You'll see a warning that you won't be able to edit the query using the **Filter** tab if you use the XML option. Click **Yes**. 5. Paste the XML code for the feature you want to filter events from into the XML section. 4. Click **OK**. Specify a name for your filter. 5. This will create a custom view that filters to only show the [events related to that feature](#list-of-all-windows-defender-exploit-guard-events). ### XML for Attack surface reduction events ```xml ``` ### XML for Controlled folder access events ```xml ``` ### XML for Exploit protection events ```xml ``` ### XML for Network protection events ```xml ``` ## List of all Windows Defender Exploit Guard events All Windows Defender Exploit Guard events are located under **Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows** and then the folder or provider as listed in the following table. You can access these events in Windows Event viewer: 1. Open the **Start** menu and type **event viewer**, and then click on the **Event Viewer** result. 2. Expand **Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows** and then go to the folder listed under **Provider/source** in the table below. 3. Double-click on the sub item to see events. Scroll through the events to find the one you are looking. ![Animation showing using Event Viewer](images/event-viewer.gif) Feature | Provider/source | Event ID | Description :-|:-|:-:|:- Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 1 | ACG audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 2 | ACG enforce Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 3 | Do not allow child processes audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 4 | Do not allow child processes block Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 5 | Block low integrity images audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 6 | Block low integrity images block Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 7 | Block remote images audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 8 | Block remote images block Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 9 | Disable win32k system calls audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 10 | Disable win32k system calls block Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 11 | Code integrity guard audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 12 | Code integrity guard block Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 13 | EAF audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 14 | EAF enforce Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 15 | EAF+ audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 16 | EAF+ enforce Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 17 | IAF audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 18 | IAF enforce Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 19 | ROP StackPivot audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 20 | ROP StackPivot enforce Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 21 | ROP CallerCheck audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 22 | ROP CallerCheck enforce Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 23 | ROP SimExec audit Exploit protection | Security-Mitigations (Kernal Mode/User Mode) | 24 | ROP SimExec enforce Exploit protection | WER-Diagnostics | 5 | CFG Block Exploit protection | Win32K (Operational) | 260 | Untrusted Font Network protection | Windows Defender (Operational) | 5007 | Event when settings are changed Network protection | Windows Defender (Operational) | 1125 | Event when Network protection fires in Audit-mode Network protection | Windows Defender (Operational) | 1126 | Event when Network protection fires in Block-mode Controlled folder access | Windows Defender (Operational) | 5007 | Event when settings are changed Controlled folder access | Windows Defender (Operational) | 1124 | Audited Controlled folder access event Controlled folder access | Windows Defender (Operational) | 1123 | Blocked Controlled folder access event Controlled folder access | Windows Defender (Operational) | 1127 | Blocked Controlled folder access sector write block event Controlled folder access | Windows Defender (Operational) | 1128 | Audited Controlled folder access sector write block event Attack surface reduction | Windows Defender (Operational) | 5007 | Event when settings are changed Attack surface reduction | Windows Defender (Operational) | 1122 | Event when rule fires in Audit-mode Attack surface reduction | Windows Defender (Operational) | 1121 | Event when rule fires in Block-mode