

Portable Xilisoft Video Converter 3.1.52-123.Portable Driver Genius Pro 7.1.622 M.Lang.

Otherwise, you can try them in a sandboxed environment (or virtual machine) or use HIPS (part of some security software) to check for modifications they make to the system they run on. It is difficult to make sure the files are not indeed virused though, so I understand why beginners rely on antimalware software. So what are those files anyway ? System files (such as svchost.exe, explorer.exe) are sometimes copied by portable program creators such as Thinstall or made intro a "boot-strapper" executable (a small size file of the same name) because they are needed or they have to be sandboxed (limit their access to the system in order to work with the portable application). just like doctors aren't known for their mistakes.īut treatment for a sickness you don't have can be bad for you - deleting those executables could break the portable program's functionality. It has even been given a name, so common it is: "false positive" - so antivirus products are not always so positive, they just don't admit it. some are more and some are less prone to this type of error. I'm not an expert, but I know two things:Īntimalware products are like doctors, they're not perfect, and they make mistakes trying to be too cautious at times.
