What is a .EVT file?
EVT is the classic Windows Event Log format, from Windows XP and earlier.
- Did you know
- EVT was the event-log format before Windows Vista switched to EVTX.
- The legacy EVT header carries the signature “eLfL”, and each record stores its own length at both ends for scanning either way.
- Classic event logs were fixed-size circular files, so once full, new records could wrap around and overwrite the oldest entries.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more security and forensics files: OpenPGP messages/keys/signatures (.pgp/.gpg/.sig - armor type, packet walk, key algorithm and user ID, secret-key warning), YARA rules, Snort/Suricata IDS rules, STIX/OpenIOC threat intel, Fiddler captures (.saz), 1Password exports (.1pux), Apple Keychain, KeePass 1.x (.kdb), Microsoft keys (.pvk) and AFF/AFF4 forensic images.
- Depth of analysis
- .EVT is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .EVT file
- Drag a .EVT file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.