all 3 link for download PortableApps Suite and Platform are inactive and I can not download software
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I just tried downloading the Platform and it worked.
I guess you can not download it because people from Iran, Cuba and some other countries can not access Sourceforge any more.
The only workaround I see is to use another site and download it from there. This isnt the official way so make sure the md5sums match so you know you haven't downloaded a virus!
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but how are you going to chech if the md5hash.exe you downloaded isn't a virus?
XD stupid comment
you have to use a service like thor or another proxy.
Was that a serious question, or did I miss a joke?
It doesn't matter where you download the EXE from, if it's exactly the same (byte for byte) as the original portable apps installer then it will have exactly the same MD5 hash, as posted on each portable apps web page.
Actually it does. If the place you download it from has given it a virus then it will be different and could also infect your computer. Therefore it is smart to check the md5sum if you download it from anywhere else other then sourceforge.
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That's what Darkbee was trying to say: If the md5sums match, then generally you're safe.
Well I didn't really understand the post exactly, it seemed like the person thought that the hashes would be different because they were downloaded from different locations, which simply isn't true, assuming that the files were exact copies of each other.
Of course, if the MD5s didn't match then yes, you could assume that the file might have a virus, or that it's corrupt or somehow otherwise modified.