---
title: "Malware Detection Session Started"
description: "Sent when a new malware detection session starts. For more information, see How Malware Detection Works. Event ID: 42200 Event message details: Malware detection session has been started Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_42200.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Malware Detection > Malware Detection Session Started"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Malware Detection Session Started

Sent when a new malware detection session starts. For more information, see [How Malware Detection Works](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/malware_detection_how_it_works.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 42200

**Event message details**: Malware detection session has been started

**Severity**: Info

## Parameters

<table class="Blue_Table">
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th>
      <p>Parameter Name</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Description</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Example</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SessionID</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Session ID.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">SessionID="0ea5f2b5-a9d4-4431-aa8a-3c7717cfdf5a"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrHostName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Backup server name. Can be a DNS name, an FQDN or an IP address.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrVersion</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Veeam Backup & Replication version.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">VbrVersion="13.1.0.411"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Version</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Event version (service parameter).
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Version="1"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Event message details.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">Description="Malware detection session has been started."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T00:00:00.692687+02:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=42200 SessionID="0ea5f2b5-a9d4-4431-aa8a-3c7717cfdf5a" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Malware detection session has been started."]
```