Security Apps Support

When portable software files are moved between computers, the case of the filenames may get changed, for example from "lib" to "LIB". For some portableapps packages, such as ClamWin and Nvu, this will keep the packages from working properly.

In the case of ClamWin, the symptom of this problem is that the portable-apps package splash screen appears promptly, and then the executable tries to launch but immediately vanishes; there is no visible activity after the splash screen.

A log file CLAMWIN.EXE.log is created in ClamWinPortable\App\CLAMWIN\BIN that reads:

Any idea when a new portable version will be forthcoming?

just installed clamwin portable for the first time. at first, a message comes up saying that there is no virus database, do i want to download the latest, and i say yes, and it begins. but then it says, first, that the version (88.5) is old and eventually says that it cannot install a virus database at all. when i try to do a scan anyway, the scan button is grayed out. Here is the log:

freshclam daemon 0.88.5 (OS: win32, ARCH: x86, CPU: i686)
ClamAV update process started at Sun Dec 03 19:17:57 2006
main.cvd updated (version: 41, sigs: 73809, f-level: 10, builder: tkojm)
WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED!

I'm looking for a way to do the off-line rootkit detection tool.
Is it possible to store the signtures on USB while launcing the AV from a LiveCD?

Just to let someone know that Spyware Dr. Detects clawinportable.exe as Trojan.Popuper.Downloader. I did check the file on several multi engine scans and it does come out negative. I have reported the issue to spyware Dr. but I have not had any news yet....

You can find the (Clean) scan result for the possible false positive detection here:
http://www.virustotal.com/vt/en/resultadof?19366c7ac94b3cec5852de85d73fe372

Hi there, I have just installed ClamWinPortable 0.88.5 as part of the PortableApps Suite on a USB 80GB portable hard drive. During installation I received the "You have not yet downloaded Virus Definitions Database". I updated the database. I can select and scan one or more files using the Scan Selected Files button but if I select a folder or a drive letter and use the Scan Selected Files button ClamWin crashes with the "ClamWin Anitvirus has encoutered a problem and needs to close.." error. This doesn't happen if I click the Scan Computer Memory button.

I have downloaded just the ClamWin installation file from PortableApps and installed it independently from the suite but the same thing happens.

I tried to upgrade to ClamWin 0.88.5 today on a Windows 2000 SP4 machine with .Net version 1,0,4322,0 but I keep getting an error:
freshclam.exe - unable to locate dll
the dynamic link library MSVCR80.DLL could not be found in the specified path...

I tried downloading the msvcr80.dll but then I got another error:
freshclam.exe - application error
the application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142). click ok to terminate the application.

Everything I can find via search engines state that this may be a .Net 2.x issue. Can anyone out there confirm this for me? Thanks.

I'm running Norman Antivirus Control (NVC) as virus scanner. When I extracted the Portable ClamAV (ClamWin_Portable_0.88.4.exe) to my harddrive, NVC detected malware inside the PortableClamAV.exe.

You can find a screenshot here:
http://the.pla.ce2.be/_pics/projecten/portablesuite/clamwin-killd-by-nor...

Translation of the (Dutch) text inside the image:
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Norman Virus Control has found a trojan and placed it in quarantine.

Location: S:\......\ClamWinPortable\ClamWinPortab.exe
Trojan: Zlob.APB
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I'm really sure that it's the correct versio

I noticed last week that ClamWin started telling me about updating to 0.88.5 when I update the virus definitions. Is there a new portable version in the works as well? Or, is there a way I can update my portable version to 0.88.5?

Thanks,
Jay

I have a quick question. I just got my u3 drive and downloaded clamwin portable. is there any way to get this program to run in the u3 launchpad instead of having it manually started?

Thanks