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Conflicting Logs Diagnosing EDR and Antivirus Interactions

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10-16-2022, 03:25 PM
Man, those conflicting logs from EDR and antivirus stuff really mess with your head sometimes.
You think everything's smooth, but nope, alerts popping up everywhere.

I remember this one time at my buddy's shop.
Their server started acting wonky, logs screaming at each other like rivals in a bar fight.
EDR flagging the antivirus scans as suspicious, and antivirus firing back like it was under attack.
Took us hours just staring at the event viewer, scratching our heads.
Turned out the EDR rules were too tight, overlapping with the antivirus real-time checks.

But here's how you sort it out, step by step without the tech overload.
First, you check the event logs together, look for patterns where they clash.
Isolate the times when both tools log the same event but blame each other.
You might need to tweak the EDR exclusions to ignore antivirus paths.
Or dial back the antivirus sensitivity on server files.
Run a quick test scan after changes, see if the noise quiets down.
If it's deeper, like policy overlaps, you sync their configs in the management consoles.
Sometimes a restart clears temporary glitches, but don't bet on that alone.
You cover bases by updating both tools to latest versions.
And if hardware's involved, peek at resource usage to rule out overload.

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