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Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing › Event 4956

Event ID 4956 — Windows Firewall has changed the active profile.

Provider
Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Channel
Security
Audit Policy
Policy Change → MPSSVC Rule-Level Policy Change
Collection Priority
Low (Microsoft-AppendixL)
Opcode
Info

Description

Windows Firewall changed the active profile.

Message #

Windows Firewall changed the active profile.

New Active Profile: %1

Fields #

NameDescription
ActiveProfile UnicodeStringNew Active Profile

Example Event #

{
  "system": {
    "provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
    "guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
    "event_source_name": "",
    "event_id": 4956,
    "version": 0,
    "level": 0,
    "task": 13571,
    "opcode": 0,
    "keywords": 9232379236109516800,
    "time_created": "2026-03-11T06:27:32.278889+00:00",
    "event_record_id": 2454199,
    "correlation": {
      "ActivityID": "164E10E5-B120-0003-FC10-4E1620B1DC01"
    },
    "execution": {
      "process_id": 720,
      "thread_id": 6464
    },
    "channel": "Security",
    "computer": "LAB-WIN11",
    "security": {
      "user_id": ""
    }
  },
  "event_data": {
    "ActiveProfile": "(null)"
  },
  "message": ""
}

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