---
title: "Malware Detection Settings Updated"
description: "Sent when a user updates malware detection settings. For more information, see Configuring Malware Detection. Event ID: 42290 Event message details: Malware detection settings have been changed Severity: Info"
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/events/event_42290.html"
breadcrumb: "Event Reference > Malware Detection > Malware Detection Settings Updated"
dateModified: "2026-10-01"
---

# Malware Detection Settings Updated

Sent when a user updates malware detection settings. For more information, see [Configuring Malware Detection](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/malware_detection_configuring.html).

## General Information

**Event ID**: 42290

**Event message details**: Malware detection settings have been changed

**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">ChangesXML</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Updated data in the XML format.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">ChangesXML="&lt;changes&gt;&lt;object&gt;&lt;property internal="IsEnabledInlineScanning" type="Boolean"&gt;&lt;old&gt;False&lt;/old&gt;&lt;new&gt;True&lt;/new&gt;&lt;/property&gt;&lt;property internal="InlineScanningSensitivity" type="ERansomwareScanningSensitivity"&gt;&lt;old /&gt;&lt;new&gt;Normal&lt;/new&gt;&lt;/property&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/changes&gt;"</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">UserName</span></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      Name of the user who performed an operation.
    </td>
    <td>
      <p><span class="T_Filenames">UserName="TECH\user1"</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 settings have been changed."</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Syslog Message Example

```
1 2026-07-25T09:04:20.502011-07:00 VBRSRV01 Veeam_MP - - [origin enterpriseId="31023"] [categoryId=0 instanceId=42290 ChangesXML="<changes><object><property internal="IsEnabledInlineScanning" type="Boolean"><old>False</old><new>True</new></property><property internal="InlineScanningSensitivity" type="ERansomwareScanningSensitivity"><old /><new>Normal</new></property></object></changes>" UserName="TECH\user1" VbrHostName="vbrsrv01.tech.local" VbrVersion="13.1.0.411" Version="1" Description="Malware detection settings have been changed."]
```