Windows Security Log Event ID 849

849: An application was listed as an exception when the Windows Firewall started

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This isn't really an event per se.  It's just logged for each Windows Firewall application exception when the firewall starts in order to document the exceptions that were active at the time.  See also event ID 850.

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Description Fields in 849

• Policy origin: Did the policy come from the local settings or from group policies in Active Directory? (Local Policy/Group Policy)
• Profile used: Standard or Domain? (based on whether computer is connected to it's "home" domain network or out travelling such as at a wi-fi hotspot)
• Name: Exception name
• Path: Full path name of the application allowed to listen for traffic
• State: Enabled or Disabled
• Scope: the IP Address and Subnet scopes to which traffic the policy applies or "All subnets" or "Local subnet"

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