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Portableapps will not run with protected autorun.inf file made with BitDefender USB Immunizer

Submitted by Clever Mind on December 2, 2013 - 12:50am

Hello,

I use a program from BitDefender that installs a malformed autorun.inf file that prevents any and all windows based programs from altering the file.

The program can be downloaded from here: http://labs.bitdefender.com/2012/04/immunizer-v3-launched/

and here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/BitDefender-USB-Imm...

I have all my USB drives protected using this program. The issue that I am having is Portableapps will not run with this file installed on the USB thumb drive or USB hard drive.

Remove launcher taskbar preview

Submitted by roo79 on November 28, 2013 - 6:31am

I would like to know if it is possible to somehow stop the platform from showing a preview when you hover over the taskbar icon?

screenshot here >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33140680/eyecandy/screenshot.1.png

I know about the below info, but would like to keep the icon on the taskbar if I can.

Disable the Windows 7 Taskbar Icon

VPN Help

Submitted by paradoxum on November 27, 2013 - 11:34am

Hi,

Firstly, I'm not even sure this is possible -

I would like to set up my windows 8 desktop PC at home as a VPN server, and then at college use my USB stick with portableapps on it to launch apps such as firefox, thunderbird etc, using the proxy/connection settings which will connect them to my home VPN, and then allow me to access the internet freely via this method. Is this even possible?

Pls. recommend a simple straightforward ebook reader other than Calibre!

Submitted by trust on November 24, 2013 - 9:27am

FBreader will not do the trick since it wants to insert a book into a manager or library. What I need is a simple, robust solution like Foxit for PDFs: I click on the ebook and it launches it, does not want to arrange it. (Or maybe I need to launch a separate file in FBreader as well as Calibre's ebook-viewer.exe.

Sadly, the ebook reader in Calibre crashes under a 40 MB .mobi, which otherwise works fine on my Kindle. Any other ideas?

[DETECTION] Is the TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen Trojan

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Submitted by yusof125 on November 20, 2013 - 1:04pm

My AVIRA FREE ANTIVIRUS v14.0.1.719 is detect the installer of PortableApps.com_Platform_Setu.exe as TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen Trojan????

Starting the file scan:

Begin scan in 'E:\Temp\DwnlData\Amirul\PortableApps.com_Platform_Setu_4480\PortableApps.com_Platform_Setu.exe'
E:\Temp\DwnlData\Amirul\PortableApps.com_Platform_Setu_4480\PortableApps.com_Platform_Setu.exe
[DETECTION] Is the TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen Trojan

Beginning disinfection:
E:\Temp\DwnlData\Amirul\PortableApps.com_Platform_Setu_4480\PortableApps.com_Platform_Setu.exe
[DETECTION] Is the TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen Trojan

unsubscrube email notify

Submitted by ZeroX4 on November 17, 2013 - 5:16am

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