Security Apps Support

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Learning about portable apps gave me a fresher perspective in using my hard drive. Upon first installing all apps that came with the suite, I made use of all the apps and everything was normal.

Offers to update virus database then this error message comes up:

Could not start process:
".\freshclam.exe" --stdout --datadir="..\..\..\Data\db" --config-file="c:\docume~1\staff\locals~1\temp\tmpif-o93" --log="c:\docume~1\staff\locals~1\temp\tmpz3s53o"
Error: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

The latest data bases of ClamAntiVirus [The dats used by ClamWin and therefore ClamWinPortable] have a Probable False Positive for Ad-Aware.

For those who don't know Ad-Aware is the grand daddy of antiAdware/Spyware programs and many people have it on their machine. I have had the same .exe on my machine for over a year. While it is possible that the .exe could have been infected in the past 2 days it is unlikely. The rest of the system reports clean from CWP and my other malware checkers.

I reported it to the ClamAv team last night.

I can't swear to this but I'm 80% sure I've lost my preferences.
I "usually" set CWP to not scan certain file types.
I'm pretty sure I did it last time with a Clean install.
This time I installed in place [over existing CWP]
All preferences are gone.

Is this to be expected?
Not a biggie, but I thought I'd mention it.

Tim

{edit: never mind. Support page does not recommend over writing existing install so I guess it's not supported
https://portableapps.com/support/clamwin_portable#upgrading

I bought a 4gig usb stick yesterday, and downloaded the Suite onto it. When I went in to check the ClamWin program it gave all these errors saying that it was out of date. I found the updated version, from the url it gave, and tried to install the updated version, but for some reason, it wont install to the usb, it installs it on the pc instead. i have directed the installation to the usb, and the right folder, but it ends up installing it on the pc instead. Can somebody help? Its getting really frustrating.

Thanks.

John.

I downloaded PortableApps suite and installed in my USB stick. All worked well. I then decided to download the latest version 0.91.2.0 of ClamWin Antivirus from Sourceforge.com. I downloaded it to my desktop. Then I rightclicked and “Sent to” my USB stick, G:\PortableApps\ClamWinPortable folder. I then navigated to that folder and deleted my old “ClamWinPortable.exe” file, leaving the “App”, “Data”, and “Other” folders and a “help.html” file. I opened the new downloaded ClamWin setup file and it immediately produced a new folder entitled “ClamWin”.

Hi,

I have a slight problem. I have installed on a flash disk the latest version of ClamWin portable and when I try to start the application (no matter if it is through the PortableApps Menu or Explorer) the antivirus shows the splash screen and immediately closes.

John hasn't updated to v1.10 yet, but it has a new feature which is nice for portable app users. Called "Placeholders" you can override the default browser used for URLs in two ways.

On a per-entry basis by modifying the URL:

cmd://{FIREFOX} "http://foo.bar.baz"

As a global override by adding this line to your KeePass.ini:

KeeUrlOverride=cmd://{FIREFOX} "{URL}"

I have released an update to my automatic virus definitions updater for ClamWin Portable. New in v0.3.2 of ClamWinPortableDBUpdate is a custom popup notifier (no more Windows balloons!) as well as some behavioral improvements.

You can get all the details at http://clamup.co.nr/. It may take a while for co.nr's cache to reflect the latest uploads; if you don't see v0.3.2, then I suggest you try my direct link: http://mkonar.selfip.com/clam/.

-Mithat

There is a security vulnerability in ClamAV .091.2 [the underling program for ClamWin {the underling program for ClamWinPortable}]

It is discussed here:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=634

As a workaround while we await ClamWin .092 [and then ClamWinP .092] the following is suggested,

"V. WORKAROUND
Disabling the scanning of PE files will prevent exploitation. If using clamscan, this can be done by running clamscan with the '--no-pe' option. If using clamdscan, set the 'ScanPE' option in the clamd.conf file to 'no'. "