Registry Disable System Restore

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects the modification of the registry to disable a system restore on the computer

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "Registry value modified" AND (OBJECTNAME contains "\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\SystemRestore,\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore" OR (OBJECTNAME endswith "\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT" AND OBJECTVALUENAME startswith "SystemRestore")) AND (OBJECTNAME endswith "DisableConfig,DisableSR" OR OBJECTVALUENAME endswith "DisableConfig") AND (INFORMATION = "DWORD (0x00000001)" OR (CHANGES = 1 AND NEWTYPE = "REG_DWORD")) select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.OBJECTNAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.PREVVAL,Action1.CHANGES

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113