Mark, In all my years of using Portable apps (perhaps even 20 years) off and On I have never seen malware. Once you install it running a scan against it should be insightful as many people use it and most virus programs know these files, most of which are the same as the original just packaged to be portable.
ie PortableApps.com is my source. I have a high level of confidence in portableapps.com Regards Tony On Sunday, 3 December 2017 11:07:11 UTC+11, Mark S. wrote: > > But portable apps isn't mozilla, so there's the possibility of malware > having been inserted. > > On Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 3:35:29 PM UTC-8, Alfonso Arciniega wrote: >> >> Mark, >> >> With FF portable you may also use as many profiles as you want: >> >> https://portableapps.com/support/firefox_portable#second_profile >> >> There's also FF ESR portable versions in 17 languages if preferred: >> >> https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-esr >> >> I am using portable versions out of an USB at my office for many years >> now, due to being prohibited to install anything on my work PC, with no >> issues at all. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alfonso >> >> On Friday, December 1, 2017 at 10:52:22 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> I always wonder whether I can trust the portable apps site. >>> >>> Using profiles, a command argument string, and a zip extractor, you can >>> run multiple versions of FF. (See >>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1170758) Presumably you >>> could run an old version of FF as long as the operating system supports it >>> (e.g. it doesn't break when 128 bits OS comes out). Old copies are >>> available at https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/. You would >>> need to remember not to do any important browsing or commerce on the >>> browser. And you would want to load it up with all the special extensions >>> it needs before they disappear from Mozilla and/or the net. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/534e59b9-5fc9-4130-a83a-7ee34a6cb82f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
