A Small presentation about event viewer

1. Event Viewer
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Mathivanan Dharmalingam Raghul
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2. What is an Event Viewer?
• Event Viewer is a component of Microsoft's Windows operating system that lets
administrators and users view the event logs on a local or remote machine.
• The Event Viewer maintains logs about program, security and system events in our
computer which are used to troubleshoot issues on a Windows-based system
• It contains many type of logs in which the following are considered important
 System log
 Security log
 Application log
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4. Types of Windows logs
• Application logs:
These are the logs which are generated by the drivers and built-in
interface elements to run an app.
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6. Types of Windows logs
• System logs:
These are the logs generated from the services which are installed in
the computer.
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8. Types of Windows logs
• Security logs:
The logs generated during logon, any attempted logon failures and
resource access are listed in this.
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10. Types of Event
• Error - A failed service or function that affects process
• Warning - A failed service or function but that does not affect process
• Information - It contains the details about what happens when a user
does something in the system.
• Success Audit - It contains information about the privileges/rights
assigned to a user after successful login
• Failure Audit - It is the log of an failed user logon
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11. Possible disadvantage
• Due to the Event Viewer's routine reporting of minor start-up and
processing errors, the software is frequently used by technical support
scammers to trick the victim into thinking that their computer contains
critical errors requiring immediate technical support
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12. Thank you
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