PortableApps.com Installer 3.0.13 (portable app packaging) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on September 24, 2014 - 1:15pm

logoPortableApps.com is proud to announce that PortableApps.com Installer 3.0.13 has been released. The PortableApps.com Installer allows you to quickly package your portable apps in an easy-to-use installer without having to write or compile any code. This release updates nearly all locales, prevents external modification of install path without user confirmation, and adds detection of TEMP and similar directories so they are presented as default install locations. All publishers should update to this new release. The PortableApps.com Format Specification and installer are available for outside developers to use and can be used freely with free open source and freeware applications. Commercial use is available by contacting PortableApps.com.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Features

Installer ScreenshotThe PortableApps.com Installer allows you to easily package your portable apps. It features:

  • Proven NSIS installer core
  • Excellent compression for distribution
  • Easy configuration with no coding required
  • Multilingual with 71 Languages
  • Optional sections
  • Automatic integration with the PortableApps.com Platform
  • Works from command line and Send To (just pass the portable app's main directory, e.g. X:\PortableApps\FileZillaPortable)
  • Interactive mode to assist with missing entries
  • Licensed for use with free open source and freeware
  • Commercial use by contacting PortableApps.com

The PortableApps.com Installer allows software publishers to package their apps using our popular tools. Open source projects can use our installer (and all source is included and licensed under the GPL) and release their own PAF files. Freeware publishers can also use our installer with no special permission needed for no charge. Commercial publishers can contact us for details.

Get Help Packaging for PortableApps.com

If you need help packaging your software in PortableApps.com Format or using the PortableApps.com Installer, just post a note to the Development Forum and we'll help you out.

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

PortableApps.com Installer is packaged, appropriately, as a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

The PortableApps.com Installer is available for immediate download from the PortableApps.com Installer homepage. Get it today!

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According to ClamWin:

Win.Adware.Adgazelle-10 FOUND

According to the virustotal website, IKARUS detects it as "PUA.AdGazelle".

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It's been reported to both. ClamWin has frequent issues with this type of false positive as their Windows definitions lag a bit (it uses ClamAV which is primarily intended for Linux). IKARUS this is the first I'd heard of them.

UPDATE Sept 25: IKARUS has responded and the false positive should be solved for users when they next update their definitions.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

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ClamWin is a Windows build of ClamAV with a custom GUI from before ClamAV even had a Windows build. Since then, ClamAV has released a Windows build with its own GUI but it is a paid product.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

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Virus Total could be using a different date of definition for one vs the other. The detection engines could be tuned a little differently as well.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

John T. Haller's picture

It says what changed right in the first paragraph.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

oh i see, thanks for pointing it out. Thought that was just a description of the app. Still I think there should be a dedicated/clearly marked, changelog/release notes section for each app.