Questions tagged [applocker]

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Everything says Applocker is supposed to work: Why doesn't it?

I've setup a basic group policy consisting of the default Applocker rules. Per Microsoft's technet article on the subject, any files not explicitly allowed to run by the policy are supposed to be blocked from running. After deploying this policy and…
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Intune Applocker and unsigned .tmp files

I am working with the software "Wonderguard Filmora" which some of our users require and am running into an error on launch. The issue stems from the Software attempting to run an update detection on launch which is run through a .tmp file under…
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how to disable run via search on Windows 10?

We are trying to prevent our users from running various commands that we don't specifically approve. We have implemented Applocker, but that doesn't prevent the user from running commands beginning with rundll32.exe or regsvr32.exe. In previous…
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Change an Applications and Services Logs log path using GPO

I am wanting to change the AppLocker Log path by a GPO. The specific log is found at Event Viewer \ Applications and Services Logs \ Microsoft \ Windows \ AppLocker \ EXE and DLL. I know you can change Application, Security, Setup, and System by…
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Can I block a file execution with AppLocker?

We currently use a combination of a regular and an "advanced/fancy" endpoint malware protection, in the advanced malware app, I can feed a SHA256 hash of an executable into the advanced platform and it will block execution of the given…
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Least-Privilege BUILTIN\Administrator Failure Configuring Application Control Policies with AppLocker

I asked this question over at SuperUser to no avail a while ago, before realizing that serverfault may be a better option. I'm configuring execution control on a computer running Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate with one hard drive with a single partition.…
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Block regsvr32 using AppLocker only for normal users

I am trying to block the execution of regsvr32 by normal domain users. I have the default rule which allows to everyone the execute all files located in windows folder. Now I would like to deny the execution for regsvr32 to anybody who is not local…
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Applocker policy applied using DC GPO not working

I created a test environment to learn active directory administration. I am using Windows Server 2016 as a Domain Controller and Windows 8.1 Pro as a domain computer. I created domain user User1. Created a OU called TestOU and put domain user User1…
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Configuring Applocker to try and prevent randsomware (through email); overkill?

I'm toying around with group policy (Self teaching myself) and have stumbled across applocker which i can certainly see the benefits for certain situations however in every company i've worked for users will NEVER use a specific set of programs,…
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Windows 10 AppLocker AppID issue

I'm trying to enable AppLocker on Windows 10 Enterprise. I have AppID and AppIDSVC enabled and set to automatic start, and everything looks good. However, when I start inserting policy rules into AppLocker (specifically, .dll rules), I get the…
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Forwarded events not showing file path on event collector

I've set up one of the servers in our domain to be an event collector for AppLocker events from the client computers. I've then (via a GPO) configured two clients to forward their events to the event collector. This works just fine, I'm receiving…
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Windows 7 Unchangable AppLocker Rules

I have a windows 7 image that appears to be using an applocker ruleset that I'm unable to modify or disable. Performing the following appears to have no effect on this enforced AppLocker mystery ruleset: Disabling the AppIdSvc restarting the…
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PowerShell Constrained Language Mode doesn't work within scripts

I have an AppLocker policy that allows only scripts signed with a certificate from my company. This is the only script policy, no default created. When I run a Windows PowerShell 5.1 or PowerShell 7 console (tried all this inside console and…
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PowerShell - Failure to load built-in modules due to software restrictions

Yesterday, I was working with PowerShellEditorServices to develop a tool. Internally, it uses named pipes to communicate between the client and server. They are both running locally. At some point, the server named pipe stopped responding. Then I…
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AppLocker is not enforcing rules that have been defined

We have a Windows Server 2019 operating system image with a set of local AppLocker rules defined for the server itself. We are observing that AppLocker is not enforcing any of the rules when we open applications on the server. We have…
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