WIN-EVA-PRC-NET-STOP-SOPHOS-1

Hello,
I have 100+ Detections on the Threat Analysis Dashboard for a Medium Severity WIN-EVA-PRC-NET-STOP-SOPHOS-1 that occurred yesterday, mostly within minutes of each other. Looking at the RAW Data tab it seems these all share the same command line being detected:

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NET.EXE\" STOP SophosDataRecorderService",

I'm guessing this is as a result of a maintenance task on Data Recorder rather than anything malicious but cant locate any Event or Log entries that may give further details. I see no other noteworthy Detections in Central for this time period. Can anybody point me in the right direction please to investigate this further?

Many thanks.

Andy.

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  • Hi Glenn,
    Thanks for the pointer. Looks like we have a very old GPO that attempts to Stop & Start this service. I have a vague recollection this was done many years ago to purge old logs or data due to a known fault in that Sophos Service at the time.

    We're going to remove this GPO. Thanks for your help. I'll update and cancel the ticket.

    Andy.