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I've made a python script for batch updating my applications. Thought I would share it here with you guys, and of course as open source.
I've included configurations for some of the applications I use, to show how it works.
download link

15.2.2008 Update - handle http responses.
21.2.2008 Update - added ability to remove directories, use 'rmdir' for this
25.2.2008 Update - move function changed
26.3.2008 Update - bugfix

Portable Apps Suite RENAMED my Flash drive without warning and changed the drive icon to its own.

I am NOT happy about this!

How do I get back my original name and icon?

Thanks!

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I don't know if this site uses Drupal, but yesterday, my Mum told me that there is xsomething about Drupal going around that it is doing something illegal and that you can't unsubscribe from anything that Drupal has going. I just thought I'd mention it. I don't know if anyone has mentioned it in any other posts, but I think this is a very serious situation. Does this site use Drupal at all?

Sorry I've repeated this, it is just that I'm not too sure where I should have posted it. I thought I'd make a new topic about it as it is pretty major.

It looks like AVG is again having issues with detecting false positives in all the apps (or nearly all of them). As usual, we know it's a false positive because other antivirus products (like ClamWin Portable and the online scanners) all register them clean. And, AVG is detecting false positives in months-old releases which it didn't before.

If you're a user of AVG, you should contact their support to fix the issue. Until then, your only real options are:
1. Tell AVG to ignore the errors when it comes up
2. Disable AVG

I was wondering if there is a way to flag files or something so if someone tries to delete a file u have it would say something like "ACCESS DENIED" or just it wont delete. Cause i wanted to do that and encrypt them with toucan. Any help will be appreciated.

Malware Checker "Checkers" Needed

I here by volunteer to check new releases of the following for False Positives by:
McAfeeAV,
http://vil.nai.com/vil/submit-sample.aspx

AvastAV Portable
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=7779

ClamWinPortable:
http://cgi.clamav.net/sendvirus.cgi

1. FireFoxPortable
2. ThunderBird Portable
3. ClamWinPortable

and to Report them to the companies in question.

Hey guys,

got 2 identical usb flash drives (both with a 1 GB-chip from samsung)..

One launches PAM perfectly with the default Autorun.inf, the other one _only_ with this content:

[Autorun]
UseAutoPlay=1
shellexecute=PortableApps\PortableAppsMenu\PortableAppsMenu.exe
Action=Start PortableApps
Icon=PortableApps\PortableAppsMenu\PortableAppsMenu.exe
Label=Geode

inside the file.

Although this works great, I got _two_ context menu-entries in Windows Explore if I right-click at the drive's icon stating "AutoPlay"?!

Have been using AVG for about 3 years now with only a few problems. After yesterdays (2.9.08) update several of my portable apps were detected as virus/trojan horse ("Downloader.ZLOB.UAQ). So I decided to try Avast, which seems to be another favorite free AV. But alas Avast also has a bunch of what I am calling false positives. It is picking up some .Exe converted batch files (I made these myself so they would show up on the PA menu) for a few other programs.

Please please make zip versions of the portable apps available. It shouldn't be too hard as the current "installer" is really just an obfuscated decompresser.

The reasons for wanting a zip version are:
1)Company firewall policies which ban the download of .exe files
2) People are wary about having to run an "installer" when all they want is a non-installed traceless portable version of the product (I know, I know, but the terminology is important). Some people just want to unzip and go.

Discussion moved here: https://portableapps.com/node/11334

Hi,
maybe somebody can confirm this?
I tried to download several portable apps and my AVGfree (up-to-date) says the files contain a virus (Downloader.Zlob.UAC or something).

The note popped up at least for this files:
firefox (en, de)
vlc

so, no offense and all - you guys do a good job for the windows user. thanks a lot.
but please check the stuff.