Recommended best practices for managing third-party applications in Automox.
The following tabs list the behavior of third-party software patching in Automox so that you can take actions, such as configuring groups and policies accordingly, if necessary. The types of behavior are as follows:
Software Title | App is NOT shut down in order to patch | App will NOT patch when running | App is shut down in order to patch |
7-Zip | ✔ | ||
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (macOS) | ✔ | ||
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (Windows) | ✔ | ||
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | ✔ | ||
Adobe Air | ✔ | ||
Adobe Reader | ✔ | ||
Adobe Shockwave | ✔ | ||
Atom | ✔ | ||
Box Drive | ✔ | ||
Breevy | ✔ | ||
Camtasia | ✔ | ||
Citrix Workspace App (Windows) | ✔ | ||
Cyberduck (macOS) | ✔ | ||
Cyberduck (Windows) | ✔ | ||
Dropbox | ✔ | ||
FileZilla Client | ✔ | ||
Google Chrome (may relaunch itself) | ✔ | ||
Google Drive | ✔ | ✔ | |
Google Earth Pro | ✔ | ||
Inkscape (Windows) | ✔ | ||
iTerm2 | ✔ | ||
iTunes (Windows) | ✔ | ||
KeePassXC | ✔ | ||
LibreOffice | ✔ | ||
Microsoft OneDrive | ✔ | ||
Microsoft Remote Desktop | ✔ | ||
Microsoft Skype | ✔ | ||
MS Office MSI | ✔ | ||
MS Office 365 | ✔ | ||
Mozilla Firefox | ✔ | ||
Mozilla Firefox ESR | ✔ | ||
Mozilla SeaMonkey | ✔ | ||
Mozilla Thunderbird | ✔ | ||
Notepad++ | ✔ | ||
Opera | ✔ | ||
Parallels | ✔ | ||
PuTTY | ✔ | ||
Sequel Pro | ✔ | ||
SizeUp | ✔ | ||
Slack (Windows - will not patch if in a call) | ✔ | ||
Slack (macOS - will be shut down unless in a call) | ✔ | ||
Snagit (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) | ✔ | ||
Sourcetree | ✔ | ||
Sublime Text 3 | ✔ | ||
The Unarchiver | ✔ | ||
TigerVNC (Windows) | ✔ | ||
Transmit | ✔ | ||
Tunnelblick (macOS) | ✔ | ||
Viscosity | ✔ | ||
VLC Media Player | ✔ | ||
VMware Horizon Client (v7 and v8) | ✔ | ||
WinMerge (Windows) | ✔ | ||
WinRAR | ✔ | ||
WinSCP | ✔ | ||
Wireshark | ✔ | ||
XnView MP | ✔ | ||
Zoom | ✔ | ||
Zoom Outlook Plugin | ✔ |