Purpose

The purpose of this document is to provide more information about the different patch types offered within Protect.

Description

There are 5 different patch types within Protect, they are as follows

• Security Patch
  • A Security patch addresses a specific security vulnerability. They are accompanied by a Security Bulletin.
    
• Non-Security Patch
  • This is a non-critical update released by vendors to enhance functionality and/or include minor changes to the application.
• Security Tools
  • Security tool patches are patches for Malware tools and Microsoft Security Advisories. Security Advisories are a way for Microsoft to communicate security information to customers about issues that may not be classified as vulnerabilities and may not require a security bulletin. Each advisory is accompanied by a Microsoft Knowledge Base Article to provide additional information about any changes or updates being delivered with the advisory’s release.
    
• Software Distribution
  • A software distribution patch is a full installer of an application. Only supported applications have a software distribution patch.
    
• Custom Action
  • Enables you to perform custom actions even if you are already fully patched. It does this by scanning for a specific QNumber and patch (QSK2745, MSST-001) that will always show as missing on any target system. The process uses the temporary file Nullpatch.exe, which was specifically designed by Shavlik to run without making any changes.

Additional Information

Microsoft Security Bulletin information

- Security Bulletins

Microsoft Security Advisory

- Security Advisories

More information on custom actions can be found in the follow full video tutorial.

- Custom Action - How to perform a custom action complete tutorial

Affected Product(s)

Shavlik Protect 9.x