US Patent 8448165 System and method for logging operations of virtual machines

A system and method for logging operations of guest virtual machines are provided. An execution event is triggered, in response to a request to load a software module in a virtual machine. A processor sends an indication to a hypervisor that the software module is loaded in the virtual machine, in response to the triggering of the execution event. A security appliance accesses, using the hypervisor, a first memory location in the virtual machine, in response to the indication. A value is stored in the first memory location. The value identifies the software module. The security appliance returns the value to the hypervisor.