Sigma rule: Stop Or Remove Antivirus Service

Rule

Title

Stop Or Remove Antivirus Service

Status

deprecated

Level

high

Author

frack113

Date

2021/07/07

Modified

2023/03/04

File

deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_powershell_service_modification.yml

Commit

ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects usage of 'Stop-Service' or 'Remove-Service' powershell cmdlet to disable AV services.
Adversaries may disable security tools to avoid possible detection of their tools and activities by stopping antivirus service

Log source

product

windows

category

process_creation

Detection

selection_action:
    CommandLine|contains:
        - 'Stop-Service '
        - 'Remove-Service '
selection_product:
    CommandLine|contains:
        # Feel free to add more service name
        - ' McAfeeDLPAgentService'
        - ' Trend Micro Deep Security Manager'
        - ' TMBMServer'
        - 'Sophos'
        - 'Symantec'
condition: all of selection*

False positives (as the rule lists them)

• Unknown

Tags

• attack.defense_evasion
• attack.t1562.001

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

• T1562.001

References

• https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team/blob/f339e7da7d05f6057fdfcdd3742bfcf365fee2a9/atomics/T1562.001/T1562.001.md
• https://research.nccgroup.com/2022/08/19/back-in-black-unlocking-a-lockbit-3-0-ransomware-attack/

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/deprecated/windows/proc_creation_win_powershell_service_modification.yml