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On a Windows system, you notice a process that recursively enumerates files named 'Bookmarks' under every user profile directory. Which Windows command-line utility was used to perform that search?

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Question ID
7/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
44%
Success Rate
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ModelAnswerKQL QueryStatusAttemptsTimeCost
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
powershell.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains "Bookmarks" | where ProcessCommandLine contains "dir" or ProcessCommandLine contains "findstr" or ProcessCommandLine contains "Get-ChildItem" | distinct FileName
Incorrect
2
23.41s
0.0093
gpt-35-turbo
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0112
gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.2246
gpt-4.1
where.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has "Bookmarks" and ( ProcessCommandLine has "C:\\Users" or ProcessCommandLine has "%USERPROFILE%" ) and ( FileName =~ "cmd.exe" or FileName =~ "powershell.exe" or FileName =~ "where.exe" or FileName =~ "dir.exe" ) | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, AccountName, InitiatingProcessParentFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
Correct
1
6.97s
0.0124
gpt-4.1-finetuned
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0391
gpt-4.1-mini
where
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains "Bookmarks" | where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @".*\\Users\\.*" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessCommandLine | summarize count() by InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessCommandLine | order by count_ desc
Correct
1
4.67s
0.0024
gpt-4.1-nano
PowerShell
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("/s", "-Recurse", "-Recurse -Path") | where FileName in ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "cscript.exe") | where ProcessCommandLine contains "Bookmarks" or FolderPath contains "Bookmarks" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessCommandLine, FolderPath
Incorrect
1
2.19s
0.0005
gpt-4o
cmd.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains "Bookmarks" | where ProcessCommandLine contains "Users" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
Incorrect
1
10.86s
0.0146
grok-3-beta
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0906
grok-3-mini-beta
cmd.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains "Bookmarks" and ProcessCommandLine contains "C:\\Users\\" | summarize Count = count() by InitiatingProcessCommandLine | order by Count desc | project InitiatingProcessCommandLine, Count
Incorrect
3
32.01s
0.0043
o1-high
where
DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" | where ProcessCommandLine has "Bookmarks" | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("C:\\Users", "/s", "-Recurse", "for /r", "Get-ChildItem") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | order by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
1
50.13s
0.3602
o1-low
cmd.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where TimeGenerated >= ago(7d) | where ProcessCommandLine contains "Bookmarks" // look for references to Bookmarks | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("C:\\Users", "C:/Users", "Users") // searching user-profile directories | summarize TotalSearches = count() by InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, DeviceName | order by TotalSearches desc
Incorrect
1
33.36s
0.2413
o3-mini-high
where
DeviceProcessEvents | where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "/r" and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "Bookmarks" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | summarize Count = count() by InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | order by Count desc
Correct
1
12.89s
0.0095
o3-mini-low
where
DeviceProcessEvents | where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "where" and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "/r" and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "Bookmarks" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | sort by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
1
12.69s
0.0115
o4-mini-high
where.exe
DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has "Bookmarks" | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("/s", "/r", "-Recurse") | where FileName in~ ("where.exe", "cmd.exe", "powershell.exe") | distinct FileName
Correct
2
70.48s
0.0222
o4-mini-low
where
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName in ("cmd.exe","powershell.exe","where.exe","dir.exe") | where ProcessCommandLine has "Bookmarks" and ProcessCommandLine has @"C:\Users\" and ProcessCommandLine has_any ("/s","/r","-Recurse","-Filter") | summarize Hits = count() by FileName, ProcessCommandLine | order by Hits desc | take 5
Correct
4
217.55s
0.0466