With the publication today of a security advisory from Microsoft regarding the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package, how is PortableApps going to handle updating all the apps that use this library? (I didn't look, but I assume there's more than a few).
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-035.mspx
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For the most part, it is unnecessary. The issue is around developers that work on components and controls that can be manipulated into doing remote code exploits (browser plugins, for example). We bundle it with a few locally-run apps and it is not shared by any components or controls, so the security flaw does not affect them. We will be updating as the apps normally update.
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