Pidgin Portable

OTR recently updated to from version 3.2.1 I'm just bringing this to the attention of the PA.com developers.

16 May 2012

Security update: pidgin-otr version 3.2.1

Versions 3.2.0 and earlier of the pidgin-otr plugin contain a format string security flaw. This flaw could potentially be exploited by a remote attacker to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the user's machine.

The flaw is in pidgin-otr, not in libotr. Other applications that use libotr are not affected.

CVE-2012-2369 has been assigned to this issue.

When attempting to update my Pidgin Portable install to 2.10.3 from 2.10.2, I attempt to install it over the old install (as I've done the last 10 or so times I've updated). However, when I select the install folder, C:\Program Files (x86)\PortableApps\PidginPortable\ and click install, I receive the error:

"The destination folder you selected is invalid. Please choose a valid folder. [C:\Program Files (x86)]"

I'm getting the dread MS error, "Pidgin has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience" every time I try to open the program. Does anybody else have this problem? Does it have to do with something our IT Police have done to my computer? I'm running version 2.10.2 from my thumb-drive. Thanks in advance.

Hello
Spell check is not working by default in portable pidgin. Also it doesnt work even if I recheck the spell check option. It is working in the original installer.

Please suggest.
Thanks
bornlibra23

I just want to point out that while the latest version of pidgin isn't showing on it's website homepage, it is out at Pidgin's sourceforge repository.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.8.0/

I'm not posting this to rush anybody. I'm posting this just in case the folks at pidgin.im are having problems or something. e.g. the changelog shows the entries for pidgin ver: 2.8.0, yet the download button still display/direct to pidgin ver: 2.7.11

I don't use Pidgin at all but attempts to uninstall it have failed. It will say "unable to to uninstall %APPNAME%."

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Would be good to have the plugin about Twitter in Pidgin

http://code.google.com/p/microblog-purple/

Hi,

Is there any chance of including the .dbgsym files in the Pidgin Portable installer [as an option]?

Thanks

Hi there,

Just tried the pidgin portable version, works like a charm so first of all I'd like to thank the PA and Pidgin folks for the WLM alternative (which was a labeled "crosoft PITA").

I was just wondering, I created my own spashscreen (as the default one is a little bit ... not my cup of tea) How do I put mine on the *.exe ?
If you want to see it I'll send it to you, why not put mine in the boot of the *.exe

thank you in advance for the answer.

greetings from France.

Hi all

I just recently went to full mobile, using pidgin and opera under WinXP. On some developers' forum someone posted a patch file that allows Pidgin to use different browsers. My question: could this work on a Windows based system? From what I understand, the patch modifies some parts of GTK file(s), but I guess Portable Pidgin (the Windows executable) has only the necessary elements of GTK so the patch would not have any effect (also, the Linux version has got a "Browser" option in the preferences, which can't be found on the Windows version).