Windows 10 Excessive Security Log Events - Event ID 5379 - Windows 10

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digitalJE5U5

I have been experiencing Windows Application crashes on my 3 month old Windows 10 install. While troubleshooting, I noticed that there 50+ security events each minute in the Event Viewer under Windows Logs > Security.


Is this normal?


The majority are Audit Success Messages with the Event ID 5379. There are approximately 50 of these identical messages every minute. Thanks for any insight on this.


See below for typical Message:


Credential Manager credentials were read.


Subject:

Security ID: DESKTOP\*****

Account Name: *****

Account Domain: DESKTOP

Logon ID: 0x354889

Read Operation: Enumerate Credentials​



This event occurs when a user performs a read operation on stored credentials in Credential Manager.

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