Malware

The malicious software (malware) category contains events that are related to application exploits and buffer overflow attempts.

The following table describes the low-level event categories and associated severity levels for the malware category.

Table 1. Low-level categories and severity levels for the malware events category
Low-level event category Category ID Description Severity level (0 - 10)
Unknown Malware 6001 Indicates an unknown virus. 4
Backdoor Detected 6002 Indicates that a back door to the system was detected. 9
Hostile Mail Attachment 6003 Indicates a hostile mail attachment. 6
Malicious Software 6004 Indicates a virus. 6
Hostile Software Download 6005 Indicates a hostile software download to your network. 6
Virus Detected 6006 Indicates that a virus was detected. 8
Misc Malware 6007 Indicates miscellaneous malicious software 4
Trojan Detected 6008 Indicates that a trojan was detected. 7
Spyware Detected 6009 Indicates that spyware was detected on your system. 6
Content Scan 6010 Indicates that an attempted scan of your content was detected. 3
Content Scan Failed 6011 Indicates that a scan of your content failed. 8
Content Scan Successful 6012 Indicates that a scan of your content was successful. 3
Content Scan in Progress 6013 Indicates that a scan of your content is in progress. 3
Keylogger 6014 Indicates that a key logger was detected. 7
Adware Detected 6015 Indicates that Ad-Ware was detected. 4
Quarantine Successful 6016 Indicates that a quarantine action successfully completed. 3
Quarantine Failed 6017 Indicates that a quarantine action failed. 8
Malware Infection 6018 Indicates that a malware infection was detected. 10
Remove Successful 6019 Indicates that the removal was successful. 3
Remove Failed 6020 Indicates that the removal failed. 8