Malware Activity

Microsoft.SCEP.Linux.MalwareActivity.Outbreak.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

This monitor detects any malware activity both cleaned and active malware.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor detects a malware outbreak of both cleaned and active infections when they occur on a single computer.

Configuration

An alert will result when any malware detection occurs on a single computer within a 60 minute timeframe. This is configurable by overriding the monitor.

Resolutions

It is recommended that you investigate the root cause of this behavior.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.SCEP.Linux.MalwareActivity
Parent Monitor	Microsoft.SCEP.Linux.MalwareOutbreak.Aggregate.Monitor
Category	SecurityHealth
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Alert Auto Resolve	True
Monitor Type	Microsoft.SCEP.Linux.MalwareOutbreak.MonitorType
Remotable	True
Accessibility	Public
RunAs	Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.SCEP.Linux.MalwareActivity.Outbreak.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="SCEPLinuxLibrary!Microsoft.SCEP.Linux.MalwareActivity" ParentMonitorID="Microsoft.SCEP.Linux.MalwareOutbreak.Aggregate.Monitor" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="SCEPLinuxLibrary!Microsoft.SCEP.Linux.MalwareOutbreak.MonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>SecurityHealth</Category>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateIdd601ceed50dd4e0988ee1f7252e61402" MonitorTypeStateID="MalwareActivityDetected" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateId0d9765e99c8c4194b1269c3c68069dde" MonitorTypeStateID="TimerReset" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <TimerWaitInSeconds>3600</TimerWaitInSeconds>

    <Host>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer"]/NetworkName$</Host>

    <LogFile>/var/log/scep/eventlog_scom.dat</LogFile>

    <RegExpFilter>^event=malware, .*status=(clean|infected).*$</RegExpFilter>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>