Portable Skype (AKA sPortable)

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Re: Portable Skype

#106 Post by webfork »

freakazoid wrote:The reason for the renaming is due to licensing and trademark concerns, similar to why Java Portable is named jPortable.
Very strange. Well, at least from a marketing and consumer standpoint, it's a bad idea. jPortable wasn't a great name for Java Portable but there were so many "J___" tools out there (jQuerry, JPC, JSBML, jShell, J++) that it kind of works. Additionally, one advantage there was being unique but with "sPortable" there's quite a bit of overlap.

Sigh.

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Re: Portable Skype

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Very strange. Well, at least from a marketing and consumer standpoint, it's a bad idea. jPortable wasn't a great name for Java Portable but there were so many "J___" tools out there (jQuerry, JPC, JSBML, jShell, J++) that it kind of works. Additionally, one advantage there was being unique but with "sPortable" there's quite a bit of overlap.

Sigh.
Good idea! Maybe you can suggest sighportable to the developer. Afterall its becoming a piece of **** to use. Not as bad as Calibre which is the worst piece of software I ever had to use.

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Re: Portable Skype

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the accountant wrote:... Calibre which is the worst piece of software I ever had to use.
  • Much to my chagrin -- my thoughts, precisely. :roll:

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Re: Portable Skype

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the accountant wrote:Maybe you can suggest sighportable to the developer. Afterall its becoming a piece of **** to use.
Sadly, I don't think Microsoft is looking for input on their multi-billion dollar acquisition. I try to avoid the thing but damned if multiple people don't insist on it.

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Re: Portable Skype

#110 Post by giulia »

hi
may i know why there is the red warning adware?
i just scan my pc and the folder of the portable version with eset ,it has not found any adware files
thanks

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giulia wrote:i just scan my pc and the folder of the portable version with eset ,it has not found any adware files
Just re-tested it a few days ago. I don't know what eset is doing but believe me it's still adware.

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Re: Portable Skype

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webfork wrote:
giulia wrote:i just scan my pc and the folder of the portable version with eset ,it has not found any adware files
Just re-tested it a few days ago. I don't know what eset is doing but believe me it's still adware.
hi
i believe you , weird eset did not find anything
i will try malwarebyte , where does save adware files?
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Re: Portable Skype

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giulia wrote:
webfork wrote:
giulia wrote:i just scan my pc and the folder of the portable version with eset ,it has not found any adware files
Just re-tested it a few days ago. I don't know what eset is doing but believe me it's still adware.
hi
i believe you , weird eset did not find anything
i will try malwarebyte , where does save adware files?
thanks
In general, antivirus scanners do not detect adware. Many users opt to use adware regardless of the ads; for them, an AV nagging about the program (or worse, automatically deleting it) would just be annoying.

Skype shows ads right in the program itself: for example, in the screenshot you can see space for an ad at the top.
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Re: Portable Skype

#114 Post by giulia »

SYSTEM wrote: In general, antivirus scanners do not detect adware. Many users opt to use adware regardless of the ads; for them, an AV nagging about the program (or worse, automatically deleting it) would just be annoying.

Skype shows ads right in the program itself: for example, in the screenshot you can see space for an ad at the top.
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I got it
thanks System
ps if i want to run a scanner for adware ,what should i use?

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Re: Portable Skype

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giulia wrote:ps if i want to run a scanner for adware ,what should i use?
I'm not aware of any adware scanners, unfortunately. :(
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Re: Portable Skype

#116 Post by webfork »

Has anyone else seen this? I got an update notice while running sPortable that I believe just installed regular Skype. I uninstalled regular skype and the prompt returned.

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I posted something over on PA about it but thought I'd check with the PFW audience as well.

I can't seem to identify it as a subprocess, which I could auto-ban using Daphne. Suggestions on how to zap it are welcome.

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webfork wrote:Has anyone else seen this? I got an update notice while running sPortable that I believe just installed regular Skype.
Yes, I have seen it. When I used sPortable, I saw that prompt whenever it lagged behind regular Skype.
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Re: Portable Skype

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SYSTEM wrote:Yes, I have seen it. When I used sPortable, I saw that prompt whenever it lagged behind regular Skype.
Thanks for confirming. Looks like it was a real thing as Haller just did an update. I'll test soon.

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Re: Portable Skype

#119 Post by webfork »

I saw that prompt whenever it lagged behind regular Skype.
Update on this: the (remarkably quick) update that Haller put out resolved this.

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Re: Portable Skype (AKA sPortable)

#120 Post by freakazoid »

Going to post this here since I do not have an account over at portableapps.com. Hopefully @JohnTHaller sees it.

sPortable 8.90.0.405 cannot be installed. I'm getting the following when running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe:

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Output folder: c:\apps\sPortable
Preparing to upgrade sPortable...
Create folder: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded
Downloading Skype...
Installing sPortable...
Rename: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype->C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype-Setup.exe
Create folder: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded
Downloading Skype...
Installing sPortable...
Rename: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype->C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype-Setup.exe
Delete file: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nsyC8AE.tmp\Downloaded\Skype-Setup.exe
The downloaded copy of Skype is not valid and can not be installed. Please try installing again.
Tried running sPortable_8.90.0.405_online.paf.exe a few times with the same result.
is it stealth? ;)

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