Windows Event Viewer records system events, providing insight into system operations. However, its content can be confusing for the average user, with a mix of informational messages, warnings and errors. Despite the seemingly negative content, the presence of errors in Event Viewer does not necessarily indicate a system problem. Fraudsters exploit this confusion by misleading users into believing that their system is compromised, based on logs. This tool is primarily intended for technicians and software engineers, who use it for diagnostic purposes. For most users, there is no need to check Event Viewer unless you are troubleshooting a known issue. Be wary of anyone asking for unsolicited checks, as they may defraud you.
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0:00 The Event Viewer
0:26 What Event Viewer does
2:30 p.m. Running Event Viewer
3:33 Application logs
5:20 Scammers use event log errors to scam you
6:44 Most errors are benign
8:04 a.m. Chaos in the data
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