Windows Server Event: 4953

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System Event » Windows Server Event: 4953

Event ID 4953 - A rule has been ignored by Windows Firewall as it could not be parsed.

Description Windows Firewall ignores a firewall rule because it could not parse it.
Category Policy change
Subcategory MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change

This log data gives the following information:

Profile [Type = UnicodeString] The profile name of the ignored rule.
Reason for Rejection [Type = UnicodeString] The reason for inability to parse the rule.
Rule ID[Type = UnicodeString]: The unique identifier for the ignored firewall rule.
Name[Type = UnicodeString]: The name of the rule which was ignored.

Reasons to monitor this event:

  • This event can be a sign of software issues, Windows Firewall registry errors/corruption, or misconfiguration of Group Policy setting. We recommend monitoring this event and investigating the reason for the condition.
  • Typically this event indicates configuration issues, not security issues.

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Event 4953 applies to the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 and 7
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 and 8.1
  • Windows Server 2016 and 1

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