Wireshark and Skype Suddenly Installed
Hi,
I have been testing K1000 patching features with Windows 10 and Windows Server on VM (VMWare Workstation), but i was surprised to find that out of nowhere there is Wireshark, WinSCP, Skype, VMWare Player, and some of Google Chrome apps shortcut (like Google Docs, Google Sheet, etc) installed even though the Windows do not have any of that software installed initially. Is it K1000 doing? Why is it installing new software automatically? I expect K1000 only install patches from already installed software, not install some new random software.
I have tried this both on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012, both behave the same way (installing VMWare Plare, Wireshare, etc)
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Posted by:
JoshRoss
7 years ago
Have you checked your network for potential worms that can be downloading that? A clean install should not behave in such way. Maybe there is a user on your network that might have caused issues? Go over logs and see if you find anything suspicious.
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It is a clean install. Nothing have installed yet, fresh Windows install on VM. I don't think it because of worms, i suspect there is something to do with patching system behavior - hendra.tommy 7 years ago
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Any indications of logs? Both System and K1000's? - JoshRoss 7 years ago
Posted by:
tshupp
7 years ago
Under Security -> Patch Management -> Subscriptions -> Application Patches -> Types, is "All Types" or "Select Types, Software Installer" selected?
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Exactly, it's because the software install is checked. - hendra.tommy 7 years ago
Posted by:
PaulGibson
7 years ago
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I experienced the exact same behavior the first time I tried running a deploy schedule. I also expected that KACE would only patch software that was already installed on the computer, and not add new software. I quickly found out there are two options:
Under "Security | Patch Management | Subscriptions | Application Patches | Types" - uncheck "Software Installers"
I'm using a detect to find all missing patches, and a Smart Label for what should be deployed
Status is Active
Type is not Software Installer
Missing is True
Released is not within last 2 days
I currently have both of these enabled, although each one should be enough (the belt and suspenders approach).
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Thanks for the tips! - hendra.tommy 7 years ago
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