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 Reader DC | ✔ | ||
| Adobe Reader | ✔ | ||
| Adobe Air | ✔ | ||
| Adobe Shockwave | ✔ | ||
| Box Drive | ✔ | ||
| Camtasia | ✔ | ||
| Cyberduck (macOS) | ✔ | ||
| Cyberduck (Windows) | ✔ | ||
| Dropbox | ✔ | ||
| FileZilla Client | ✔ | ||
| Google Chrome (may relaunch itself) | ✔ | ||
| Google Earth Pro | ✔ | ||
| Inkscape (Windows) | ✔ | ||
| iTerm2 | ✔ | ||
| iTunes (Windows) | ✔ | ||
| Java 8 | ✔ | ||
| 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 | ✔ | ||
| PuTTY | ✔ | ||
| Sequel Pro | ✔ | ||
| SizeUp | ✔ | ||
| Slack (Windows - will not patch if in a call) | ✔ | ||
| Slack (macOS - will be shut down unless in a call) | ✔ | ||
| SnagIt | ✔ | ||
| Sublime Text 3 | ✔ | ||
| The Unarchiver | ✔ | ||
| TigerVNC (Windows) | ✔ | ||
| Transmit | ✔ | ||
| Viscosity | ✔ | ||
| VLC Media Player | ✔ | ||
| VMware Horizon Client | ✔ | ||
| WinMerge (Windows) | ✔ | ||
| WinRAR | ✔ | ||
| WinSCP | ✔ | ||
| Wireshark | ✔ | ||
| XnView MP | ✔ | ||
| Zoom | ✔ | ||
| Zoom Outlook Plugin | ✔ |
