AWS appstream2: Add AmazonWorkSpaces.exe to WorkSpaces Applications antivirus exclusions

Service: appstream2 · 2026-10-24 · Documentation low

File: appstream2/latest/developerguide/endpoint-security-antivirus.md

Summary

Adds "C:\Program Files\Amazon\Workspaces\AmazonWorkSpaces.exe" to the list of processes that endpoint security software must not interfere with.

Security assessment

The line expands the documented antivirus/endpoint-security exclusion list for the WorkSpaces Applications client; it is security-software configuration guidance, not a fix for a specific vulnerability.

Evidence

+**WorkSpaces Applications** |  "C:\Program Files\Amazon\Workspaces\AmazonWorkSpaces.exe"  "C:\Program Files\Amazon\AppStream2\StorageConnector\StorageConnector.exe"  In the folder "C:\Program Files\Amazon\Photon\"  ".\Agent\PhotonAgent.exe" ".\Agent\s5cmd.exe" ".\WebServer\PhotonAgentWebServer.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsAppSwitcher.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsCustomShell.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsCustomShellBackground.exe"   

Diff

diff --git a/appstream2/latest/developerguide/endpoint-security-antivirus.md b/appstream2/latest/developerguide/endpoint-security-antivirus.md
index c8a2a16..fb0768b 100644
--- a//appstream2/latest/developerguide/endpoint-security-antivirus.md
+++ b//appstream2/latest/developerguide/endpoint-security-antivirus.md
@@ -62 +62 @@ _Table 6 — Security software must not interfere with the following processes.
-**WorkSpaces Applications** |  "C:\Program Files\Amazon\AppStream2\StorageConnector\StorageConnector.exe"  In the folder "C:\Program Files\Amazon\Photon\"  ".\Agent\PhotonAgent.exe" ".\Agent\s5cmd.exe" ".\WebServer\PhotonAgentWebServer.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsAppSwitcher.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsCustomShell.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsCustomShellBackground.exe"   
+**WorkSpaces Applications** |  "C:\Program Files\Amazon\Workspaces\AmazonWorkSpaces.exe"  "C:\Program Files\Amazon\AppStream2\StorageConnector\StorageConnector.exe"  In the folder "C:\Program Files\Amazon\Photon\"  ".\Agent\PhotonAgent.exe" ".\Agent\s5cmd.exe" ".\WebServer\PhotonAgentWebServer.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsAppSwitcher.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsCustomShell.exe" ".\CustomShell\PhotonWindowsCustomShellBackground.exe"