Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 52.0.2 (web browser) Released

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 52.0.2. It's the Mozilla Firefox browser bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. And it's open source and completely free. Firefox Portable is a dual-mode 32-bit and 64-bit app, ensuring Firefox runs as fast as possible on every PC. It's available for immediate download and bundled on the World's Best Flash Drive: The PortableApps.com Carbide as well as the fast and affordable PortableApps.com Companion.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and used under license.

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Note that Firefox 52 and later drops support NPAPI plugins other than Flash. Firefox ESR 45.x still has support for these.

LibreOffice Portable Still 5.2.6 (complete office suite) Released

PortableApps.com and The Document Foundation are proud to announce the release of LibreOffice Portable Still 5.2.6. LibreOffice Portable is a full-featured office suite -- including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database -- packaged as a portable app, so you can take all your documents and office suite wherever you go. The Still version is the older branch of LibreOffice maintained with bug fixes. It's recommended that most users use LibreOffice Portable. And it's open source and completely free. This release updates to the latest version and removes the fonts from the base install to work around a slowdown bug in Windows 10 Anniversary's dynamic font loading.

LibreOffice is packaged for portable use with permission and assistance from The Document Foundation

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TeamViewer Portable 12.0.75813 (pc control, screen sharing) Released

TeamViewer Portable 12.0.75813 has been released. TeamViewer is a remote PC support/control and screen-sharing tool. You can remote control a partner's desktop to give online assistance, or you can show your screen to a customer without worrying about firewalls, IP addresses and NAT. It's packaged as a portable app so you can work on the go and it's in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. It's released as freeware for personal use (business/office use requires a license).

TeamViewer Portable is made available by the publisher, TeamViewer GmbH.

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Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 52.0.1 (web browser) Released

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 52.0.1. It's the Mozilla Firefox browser bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. And it's open source and completely free. Firefox Portable is a dual-mode 32-bit and 64-bit app, ensuring Firefox runs as fast as possible on every PC. It's available for immediate download and bundled on the World's Best Flash Drive: The PortableApps.com Carbide as well as the fast and affordable PortableApps.com Companion.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and used under license.

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Note that Firefox 52 and later drops support NPAPI plugins other than Flash. Firefox ESR 45.x still has support for these.

Mozilla Firefox Developer Edition, Portable 54 (web browser) Released

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox® Developer Edition, Portable 54. It's the developer's edition of the Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can do web development on the go. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be downloaded and configured. And it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and used under license.

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Mitigating DLL Hijacks Revealed in Vault 7/Fine Dining With The PortableApps.com Platform

Over the past few days, Wikileaks posted a series of documents purported to be from the CIA in a dump of files dubbed "Vault 7". Within those documents are references to a project called "Fine Dining" which details how a field agent can alter their own software on a portable device to include additional functionality to enable spying and other covert activities while appearing innocuous to those who happen to see the agent using their portable software.

PortableApps.com Platform 14.4: Fine Dining With Confidence

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the PortableApps.com Platform 14.4 release. This release adds custom platform security to scan for and mitigate DLL hijacks in some vulnerable apps and launchers revealed in the "Fine Dining" leak as well as updates to two locales. As always it has a complete app store, automatic updater, easy app organization, fast app searching, proxy support, a great set of themes, portable fonts, and lots of other features to make it your favorite set of apps whether you're running from a portable drive, a cloud drive, or run locally! If you'd like to see more features and functionality keep coming, please read a personal appeal from PortableApps.com founder John T. Haller to help! You can also buy the platform and a suite of apps on the hardware-encrypted PortableApps.com Carbide or fast and affordable PortableApps.com Companion available in our hardware store. Read on for all the details...(permalink)

Existing Platform users can automatically update by clicking Help - Check for Updates.

Pidgin Portable 2.12.0 (instant messaging) Released

Pidgin Portable 2.12.0 has been released. Pidgin Portable is a versatile instant messaging client with support for AOL, Yahoo, Facebook, Google, Jabber and other networks packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

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YUMI Portable 2.0.4.3 (multiboot USB creator) Released

YUMI Portable 2.0.4.3 has been released. YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Integrator) can be used to create a Multiboot USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

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Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 53.0 Beta 1 (web browser) Released

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 53.0 Beta 1. And they won't affect your standard local or portable Firefox install. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And, as always, it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

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Opera, Portable Edition 43.0.2442.1144 (web browser) Released

Opera, Portable Edition 43.0.2442.1144 has been released. Opera, Portable Edition is a lightweight, customizable browser designed for speed. It's the popular Opera™ web browser packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browser with you and it's in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. It's freeware for personal and business use.

Opera, Portable Edition is packaged with permission from Opera Software. Opera™ is a trademark of Opera Software.

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Note that Opera's stable channel no longer supports Windows XP and Vista. All Chrome/Blink-based browsers (Chrome, Opera, Iron, Chromium, etc) have done so or will be doing so shortly. A legacy version of Opera Portable 36.x still supports Windows XP and Vista.

Telegram Desktop Portable 1.0.14 (secure instant messaging) Released

Telegram Desktop Portable 1.0.14 has been released. Telegram is a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

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Google Chrome Portable 57.0.2987.98 Stable (web browser) Released

Google Chrome Portable 57.0.2987.98 Stable has been released. Google Chrome Portable is a web browser that runs web pages and applications quickly. The latest Beta and Dev builds are also available. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browsing experience with you and it's in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. It's partially open source freeware for personal and business use.

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Mozilla Firefox ESR, Portable Edition 45.8.0 (web browser) Released

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox® ESR, Portable Edition 45.8.0. It's the Extended Support Release of the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app It is intended for groups who deploy and maintain the desktop environment in large organizations such as universities and other schools, county or city governments and businesses, as well as the web developers that support them. Individual users should use standard Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition for everyday use. It's a great way to test your sites and extensions in multiple versions of Firefox. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

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Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 45.8.0 (email client) Released

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 45.8.0 has been released. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, Thunderbird® and the Thunderbird logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

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Notepad++ Portable 7.3.3 (developer's text editor) Released

Notepad++ Portable 7.3.3 has been released. It's the handy Notepad++ text editor packaged as a portable app so you can do your development on the go. It has all the same great features of Notepad++ including support for multiple languages and an extensive plugin system, but there's nothing to install.

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 52.0 (web browser) Released

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the release of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition 52.0. It's the Mozilla Firefox browser bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. And it's open source and completely free. Firefox Portable is a dual-mode 32-bit and 64-bit app, ensuring Firefox runs as fast as possible on every PC. It's available for immediate download and bundled on the World's Best Flash Drive: The PortableApps.com Carbide as well as the fast and affordable PortableApps.com Companion.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Note that Firefox 52 and later drops support for Windows XP and Vista as well as legacy XUL extensions and plugins other than Flash. Firefox ESR 45.x still has support for these.

PortableApps.com Platform 14.3: The Refiner Things

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the PortableApps.com Platform 14.3 release. This release adds high dpi support to the installer, improves high dpi support for the updater and app store, adds the ability to use the desktop context menu when hiding desktop icons, fixes a redirect error for some users, updates 2 locales, and updates to the latest version of 7-Zip for backup and restore. As always it has a complete app store, automatic updater, easy app organization, fast app searching, proxy support, a great set of themes, portable fonts, and lots of other features to make it your favorite set of apps whether you're running from a portable drive, a cloud drive, or run locally! If you'd like to see more features and functionality keep coming, please read a personal appeal from PortableApps.com founder John T. Haller to help! You can also buy the platform and a suite of apps on the hardware-encrypted PortableApps.com Carbide or fast and affordable PortableApps.com Companion available in our hardware store. Read on for all the details...(permalink)

Existing Platform users can automatically update by clicking Help - Check for Updates.

GeekUninstaller Portable 1.4.3 Rev 2 (local software uninstaller) Released

GeekUninstaller Portable 1.4.3 Rev 2 has been released. GeekUninstaller allows you to uninstall local software and clean up some of the files that can be left behind. This revision cleans up a registry key with non-personal data that was left behind. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. GeekUninstaller is freeware for personal and educational use.

GeekUninstaller is packaged for portable use with permission from the publisher

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Avidemux Portable 2.6.18 Rev 2 (simple video editor) Released

Avidemux Portable 2.6.18 Rev 2 has been released. Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. This revision allows use on Windows XP. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

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McAfee Stinger Portable 12.1.0.2280 (common virus remover) Released

McAfee Stinger Portable 12.1.0.2280 has been released. McAfee Stinger removes 6,000 common viruses and 'fake alert' malware on-demand. It is not a replacement for a full antivirus, but handy in many situations. This release updates to the latest version and corrects an issue where McAfee Stinger would leave a service behind. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. McAfee Stinger is freeware for business and personal use.

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