Custom Counter shows an error intermittently 'The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security' (4241922)

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Custom Counter shows an error intermittently 'The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security'
Description

After configuring a custom counter for a SQL Server, it works ok for a few days after some time intermittently shows the following error:

'SQL Custom Counters: Custom Counter 'counter_name' failed : SQL Network Interfaces: The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security. Please ensure that you can contact the server that authenticated you.'
Cause

This is an environment issue, not related to Spotlight
Resolution

The following links may help to troubleshoot:

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/252957-the-system-detected-a-possible-attempt-to-compromise-security

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic498813-359-1.aspx

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/7e6be4d2-d657-44b9-a03d-992144f6df0c/sql-network-interfaces-the-system-detected-a-possible-attempt-to-compromise-security?forum=sqlsecurity

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