Excessive Security Log Events - Event ID 5379 - Windows 10

Anonymous
2020-04-26T06:15:06+00:00

I have been experiencing Windows Application crashes on my 3 month old Windows 10 install. While troubleshooting, I noticed that there 50+ security events each minute in the Event Viewer under Windows Logs > Security.  

Is this normal?  

The majority are Audit Success Messages with the Event ID 5379.  There are approximately 50 of these identical messages every minute. Thanks for any insight on this.

See below for typical Message:

Credential Manager credentials were read.

Subject:

Security ID: DESKTOP\*****

Account Name: *****

Account Domain: DESKTOP

Logon ID: 0x354889

Read Operation: Enumerate Credentials

This event occurs when a user performs a read operation on stored credentials in Credential Manager.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-08-10T12:41:37+00:00

    @SMichaelH3 - The "black popup window" is actually the CMD (command shell window) - used to be called the "DOS prompt". However, many older (and some newer) WIN32 programs (.EXE executable programs), such as photo or video editors, music file editors and old utilities, will often use a batch file (.BAT file type) that runs, often just after booting up, that will check that you have a valid current licence key, and if there are any updates needed. Batch files can run very quickly, and they do NOT leave the CMD prompt open, hence you see it appear and go very quickly. I saw a post that certain AMD based PC/Laptops have the AMD Catalyst Control centre that can do that CMD thing as well.
    Given the speed of modern CPU and harware, and the likelyhood that several BILLION instructions and I/O calls are made during a typical boot and PC initialise, AND probably Billions more during the "post-boot phases" (checking PC health, programs checking for valid licences, onedrive and Dropbox sync checks, Ant-Virus definition update checks etc), then unless you are running a special "debug windows build", and have trace and log analysis tools, then is NO possible way that you will be able to KNOW and PROVE, that a bunch of 5379 events were EXACTLY coincidental, and the root cause (or effect of) of the CMD windows appearing. Actually ANY activity that uses your user profile (your login account environment files basically, plus related "system" account activity) will trigger the "audit success" event 5379, plus some other similar types for running services. Because of the "parallel" overlapping core/thread activities, many things can appear to be happening very close together, and in a microsecond, MANY CPU operations and instructions happen, running on behalf of many active processes. In additon, those processes that execute an I/O (input/output operation) can be "context switched" out and in a wait state, allowing other processes to get some "CPU time" for their instruction sequences.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-07T13:40:52+00:00

    Yes, it is a problem. My computer ran all night doing successful audits (5379). It's doing it now. It does it ceaselessly.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-06-05T13:11:41+00:00

    @RemoteComputerTechnician:

    Do you regularly check your Event Logs for the 5379 "Audit Success" events?

    If so, are you stating that after your profile change, these have stopped completely, or have they just reduced to an acceptable level?

    I am also curious how you "moved" all of your required profile items, as quite often, profile manipulation of files INTO an active loaded (logged in) profile can be blocked. Was it done via a manual "drag and drop", or a PowerShell script, CMD/DOS script, or a third party product?

    Did ALL of your normal/expected win32 programs and APPS work as normal with your new profile. Was this a LOCAL account or Microsoft Account profile by the way?

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-04T22:49:49+00:00

    I can confirm these steps do not resolve the issue.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-12-18T22:14:25+00:00

    so does anyone have a fix for this or nah? is it as simple as updating or is this something I have to live with now.

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