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Created an interesting Autorun Program (Internet connection detection)

Submitted by BluePlanet on February 13, 2008 - 5:18pm

I created a autorun program, that only runs a specified application(s) when it detects an internet connection. I use my drive in a variety of places and not all of them have internet. I had set my Thunderbird and other apps to autorun, but got tired of them popping up even when I didn't have internet So I wrote a small program that detects a connection, and optionally asks you if you would like to start your applications, if there is no connection nothing happens.

Large Distribution Methods

Submitted by cturek on February 13, 2008 - 12:05pm

Is there a way to create an installation package for installing the portableapps software and a customized set of applications on 50-100 USB thumb drives? I would like to make this package available so users could easily run an installation and have it install the necessary mobile software into a portableapps format without having to selectively download and install the software. Also, is there a way to package updates for the different mobile application software as updates become available?

Truth in Advertising benchmark scores on USB flash drives

Submitted by EVBrown on February 13, 2008 - 9:17am

All,

I have read some posts regarding which drives are good for Portable apps, and I wanted to share my experience. I run most of my apps as portable apps on my USB drive, so everything will run exactly the same at work and at home. I even have some old legacy Windows apps that I run entirely from my USB drive. I had a 2 year old 2 GB Lexar Lightning drive that I was happy with, but I needed more space, so I researched which drives were supposed to be fast.

DARKSUSB.exe Trojan (Please read for instructions how to remove it)

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Submitted by Nathan9222 on February 13, 2008 - 2:27am

Some of you may already know, but those of u that havent heard of darksusb USE CAUTION WHEN USING COMPUTERS AT SCHOOL OR AT THE LIBRARY. So far i have heard that this Trojan originated from mexico. I recently got it from my school while using the computer in my engineering class. I scanned my usb and it was never detected by Norton or Mcafee, so far the only scanner that will remove it is ClamWin that is found on this site (thanks 4 saving my usb) I will tell you what the trojan did to my usb.

Looking for a media player

Submitted by TheSe7enthProphet on February 11, 2008 - 1:10pm

I have VLC Media Player Portable, but it isn't quite what I'm looking for. I use PortableApps on my portable hard drive and I keep all of my music and videos on the drive. I'd like to have a portable media player program that is able to maintain a media library on the drive rather than have to direct it to my music every time.

I was thinking that WinAmp portable would be a possibility, but it seems like that is against the terms of use on WinAmp... so that's out of the question. Are there any alternatives availible? Thanks for the help!

Stand-Alone Apps

Submitted by malikorx@gmail.com on February 11, 2008 - 5:05am

Some of these do require installation but the EXE can be copied from the computer and placed on a portable device. No extra files are needed and they run fine.

SilentNight - CD/DVD Burning
http://www.silentnight2004.com/Micro.html

uTorrent - P2P File Sharing
http://www.utorrent.com

Defraggler - Disk Defragmenter
http://www.defraggler.com

JkDefrag - Disk Defragmenter
http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

Webroot Analyzer - Vulnerability Checker
http://webrootdisp.net/analyzer/

Portable Anti-Virus - Virus Detection
http://www.data0.net/index.htm

Autoruns - Startup Manager

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