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How smart is using Mollom?

Submitted by getco on May 31, 2016 - 12:06pm

I see you use a service called Mollom to filter messages submitted in this forum. But how smart is it to use a 3rd party that stores all messages submitted by a particular person on all forums (that use Mollom) all over the internet? It's like giving big brother all your ideas and thoughts on a silver platter... I'm personally shocked that such a service exists let alone is being used by PoartableApps!

Voice chats Light on resources/quality

Submitted by DADSGETNDOWN on May 29, 2016 - 7:23pm

I did search, and many pages and a lot of reading about team speak and skype and all that. What is the suggested app or program like old Roger Wilco or Team speak or even the Instant messaging programs I can use for multiple people a small amount 4 to 10, to voice chat while playing video games like Quake 3 arena, COD and such, that are light on resources, don't mess with frame rates, decent quality, easy to use for the people I am going to setup/introduce. Most of us have OLD crummy computers. P.S I have an OLD post about this, wasn't sure to add to it or do this...

Malware Detected on OpenTTD by Windows Defender

Submitted by Lawful_Lazy on May 25, 2016 - 11:53pm

Hello,

I just recently installed OpenTTD, and I discovered that I couldn't play it because Windows Defender believes that it has the Torjan Win32.Varpes.N!cl on it.

Image uploaded here: http://imgur.com/gallery/Z9SQTl1/

I'm not sure what to do about it; I don't believe that PortableApps would ship Malware, but reinstalling it gives the same problem.

So, is it Malware, or is my antivirus being sensitive?

[Fixed] Error Updating GeanyPortable

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Submitted by pfeerick on May 25, 2016 - 9:31pm

Hi,

Was just doing an a long overdue update of my PortableApps library, and the Launcher Updater is refusing to update Geany Portable. From the 404 message, it appears to be looking for the wrong filename/URL - there is no .paf.exe in the filename that the update is using, just .exe, whereas the sourceforge copy does end .paf.exe

You can see a screenshot of the error message here : https://www.dropbox.com/s/0x44sblnfp99z7e/Screenshot%202016-05-26%2011.2...

PAM Builder

Submitted by DataCloud0365 on May 20, 2016 - 9:26am

I can't figure out how to apply the themes I make using PAM Builder to the PortableApps drive menu. It appears to me that you cannot apply themes other than the ones listed in the "options" tab. This is very frustrating because this app looks very promising once I know how to use it. Now I do like some of the themes the drive menu comes with, however there is a limited amount and I would really like to personalize my drive menu (like you can personalize Windows) but I can't find a way to apply the themes I make. Am I the only one who is frustrated with this

Latest Teamviewer update

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Submitted by johnswolter on May 13, 2016 - 1:59pm

Portable Teamviewer's latest update requires exiting the Teamviewer prior to installing the update, This is not a problem if you are doing a local update. An update on a remote computer is a different situation.

You can't update while Teamviewer is running but you need it for remote access. Google's Chrome browser has an app-for-that.

Security Flaw in 7-Zip DLL affecting multiple Portable Apps and Portable Apps Platform

Submitted by PortableGood on May 13, 2016 - 6:27am

Note that a CRITICAL security flaw has been discovered in 7-Zip.

All apps that use 7-Zip libraries can also be affected by this severe vulnerability.

This likely includes quite a few of the Portable Apps offered on this site, and may include the Portable Apps Platform itself.

The 7-Zip team has released a new version of their tool that (hopefully) patches the vulnerability, but every app that uses the vulnerable libraries also needs to be updated with patched versions of the libraries... otherwise they will still be vulnerable to this issue.

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