I'm not familiar with .mht. I would save a page using your usual method and save the same page at the site and compare the two.
The page is also stored online, so is accessible from a device with an internet connection and can look up other websites and any previous iterations that may have been saved.
For over a decade now, I save a copy of web pages as .mht
It is comparable with saving a 'web page complete' except you don't have to suffer having a related folder called 'files' (AGH!)
IE always offered that single file save format (not sure if it still does ?)
When I open such a saved file, all of the links still work (assuming the site still has them)
Some browsers may not be able to open .mht file, but FF has an extension to allow that.
Does this differ from what you are proposing ?
Or, does yours save all the linked stuff as well ?
Archiving a page is different from a screenshot. It stores the whole page in its original format. You can copy things from the page, links work, etc. It's an active web page, not a static screenshot. It stores the page online at a unique URL. Any previously archived pages are there for comparison. It's very much like the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, the links and content are intact (minus scripts and some interactive elements).
Can't put a star on this article about this site yet...
Could not access it this a.m.
And checked here:
https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/archive.is.html
with this message:
The site has been unreachable for more than 100 days. If the site is live or if you have further information about the site status, please comment below...
Update: they lied! Just accessed a few hours later it via Edge browser.
It's working fine for me now in a few different browsers on two different internet connections on mobile and laptop.
I've had mixed results over the years with the sites that check if a website is down so I tend to check many of them if I think a site is down. Some will say a site is working, some not. That's the result I've gotten now. This says it's up: https://isitdownorjust.me/archive-is/. Another says it's been down for maintenance for 100 days.
There are some issues with Cloudflare with this and other sites. If you’re using a DNS service that could be an issue. I'd try a different browser. I'm running into more and more site availability issues with the newer versions of Chrome based browsers.
Lol I ran into one just now, a site I use often and used last night is now flagged as unsafe in a chrome based browser but is fine in Firefox. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is by far the most comprehensive list of this kind that I've seen. Please add Century Past Library. It has tens of thousands of books (fiction and non-fiction), and more than 200 magazine titles; all free. No sign-up, and easy to browse by subject. www.envisionthepast.com
Windows Store Apps don't have a standard installer or uninstaller like traditional apps (e.g. .exe or .msi). They are called Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and use the .appx extension. They are stored in the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder (if C: is where you've installed Windows).
That's why you can't find them using a standard Revo or a search. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I decided on Sophos Home. Sophos used to be a Enterprise only Antivirus but you can now use a free home version. You do have to manage it online but it is light on resources from what I've seen, it works on Windows 7, and I have not seen a better alternative. I am still open to suggestions.
The thing I find most baffling about this is Microsoft's not following what I would have thought to be an installation standard. No where does installing this (and it isn't the first that bit me) does it show up in the uninstall part of control panel. It just goes somewhere and the standard way of uninstalling programs doesn't work. I'm a fan of Revo Uninstaller Pro (what doesn't have a "Pro" version anymore?) and it didn't show it and could not find it either. Programs have generally uninstalled using Microsoft's uninstaller (or so variation of it) for years and suddenly no more?
Thanks for your prompt reply. I am embarrassed to admit that I looked in all the places mentioned in the link already and just did not see the aText listed. As a result of your comment, I looked again and found it.
The only way I'm aware of to delete large amounts of emails is using search operators to find and delete emails.
Others here may have an idea.
There's a good list of search operators here: 25 Gmail Search Operators That Will Make You a Pro
It was from the Microsoft store and it is now uninstalled. Ultimately, that was simple. I googled how to uninstall aText and got nowhere. This confirms my suspicions and resolve to stay away from the Microsoft store. Thank you for the rescue.
If you downloaded it from the Microsoft store, here are directions for uninstalling apps from the Microsoft Store: How To Uninstall Microsoft Store Apps
If you downloaded it from the Microsoft store, here are directions for uninstalling apps from the Microsoft Store: How To Uninstall Microsoft Store Apps
If you should find a way to uninstall this (aText) I'd sure like to hear about it. I'm now trying to get rid of it and it doesn't show up anywhere, but still wants to keep running.
Thanks for the details. What stayed with me was the volume of commentary that anyone should have to pay to use a browser. I was puzzled by it. If someone develops a program they can charge for it, or these days sell subscriptions to use it.
That may be an option for most people if they don't like or don't want to start using a product. If you work at an organization that allows only certain programs used on their computers, it's not an option. Might as well do what you can to make it work for you within those confines. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There is a problem in the Free Windows Desktop Software Security List - System Hardening and Protection section. I was looking for an antilogger and in the Key scrambling subsection when clicking on the "NextGen Antikeylogger (FF,IE,OB)" link it redirects to [sex site link removed]
Many thanks for pointing this out. Unfortunately it does happen since there are hundreds of links to keep track of. This one has now been removed. MC - Site Manager.
How beautiful is the nature... why some people look and see nothing? And so, give no value?
Thank you, rhiannon! For bring us the beauty and the great value... always! :-)
Did you look at the latest Messages app from Google? A separate app is needed for backup, but it supports the latest SMS standards and has a ton of other great features.
Appreciate the feed back Mike C. I'm not going to assume that the Sandboxie/Firefox difficulty I'm having will be cured but I will try the newer version of Sandboxie.
Thanks again
I am currently using 5.43.6 64-bit with Win10. https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/sandboxie-technologies-sbie-open-source.428156/page-24#post-2956457 At about six blocks down you can see the different versions as stated at that time. There's a bunch of stuff going on; technically a bit difficult for me to deal with. Since I always keep an array of portable browsers handy, I just use whichever works with whatever version seems to be doing well at the moment. Firefox is always sort of my main goto. Bo Elam is shepherding one fork and David Xantos is doing another. I admit I've never tried the plus fork. Added bells and whistles are usually not for me. Hope this helps in some small way
This article update shows 25 Nov 2020. Thanks and great article. The comments are pretty old but I'll post anyway.
Ive.been using Sandboxie 5.33.3 for some time on windows 10 and all has been ok until recently. With a recent Firefox update to v83 Sandboxie doesn't run with this error: "The procedure entry point ?CreateAndStoreEarlyBlankWindow@mozilla@@YAXPEAUHINSTANCE_@@@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
From the comments below the real question is, where do I go to get the latest stable version of Sandboxie that works with Firefox and I guess Win10, tho' I don't see Win10 as part of my problem.
I like BlueMail and is probably one of the best email apps out there along with Edison mail. However, none of the free eMail apps gives me a good mobile view and I find myself regularly zooming in to view eMails as mail contents look extremely small in 1080p screen for 60% of eMails. Increasing font size doesn't help, most of the times I have to do it for individual eMails or if I keep it as universal font size it doesn't look good for most eMails. I feel that it's mostly because they utilize the webview of GMails or even Outlook and doesn't have a dedicated mobile view. So I'm stuck with one of the 2 commercial apps that gets mobile view right.
Thanks for letting us know. I've taken out a total of 28 links which either return a 404 or where the link still exists but no longer has ebooks listed. MC - Site Manager.
Is there a cataloguer specifically designed for music collections. MAC (MP3 Audio Collection) was great but no longer seems to work with large collections. When I last used it a couple of years ago it handled 120GB OK but now it just hangs after many hours. It was last updated in 2003, so the problem may be with current Windows versions.
I've been using this for a few years. It's excellent except that support has lately fallen right off in quality: people answering questions you didn't ask and not answering the ones you did. Latest annoyance; an account stopped accessing server. Support didn't consider possibility of smtp settings changing. The problem existed for a few weeks and I only discovered it by accident on, in despair, deleting the account and reconfiguring it from scratch. The right settings had to be input manually even though the provider was on the list of auto-configure providers. Apropos of which that provider, disroot, seems to be getting dodgy too. Why arbitrarily, without notifiying people, change smtp settings. They're also currently blocked by microsoft to my intense irritation.
One other tiny bugbear about Bluemail- text doesn't reflow, so it can be quite hard reading mail.
As of 11/20 MANY of these links are dead (generate 404 error message). Some good sites, but it's a lot to wade through to find them. Thanks for the effort in compiling the list--but removing dead links would make site more usable.
WHAT!! No way. These two are probably my top 5 games of all time. They are both critically acclaimed and a classic FPS that focuses a lot on story, humor and gameplay. Sadly, they are not as popular as they should be. I could possibly write a big review on these games if time permits. I will be updating this list soon to include these FPS in a category where story based freeware FPS are limited.
As always thanks Rhiannon for another great Windows freeware option. I like the Slideshow function
My preference is Universal Viewer, also reviewed on TechSupportAlert
- the advantages include a portable version, no reliance on NET Framework, and option to remove the menu bar and status bar
Thanks for the thorough description, it's good to see other's experiences.
I may be wrong, but last I checked Smart Screen flags anything it doesn't recognize. What it recognizes as safe seems to be very narrow. It will trigger even on digitally signed apps.
It's hurting a lot of developers whose apps are safe. Most people think whatever Smart Screen flags is malware of some sort, instead of something it doesn't recognize - they don't differentiate between "I've never seen this before" and "This looks like it contains malware".
There is no absolute safety on the internet. I test software to the extent that I can to determine if it's safe before it shows up here.
VirusTotal regularly throws up false positives, where no other sources I've used see any issues. I include that in the article so you can use your own judgement. I urge everyone to test for yourself using a few different sources whether something is safe or not.
I take it as a given that a percentage of the time, VirusTotal will throw false positives on something I know is safe. It uses many vendors whose methods and products are unknown or questionable. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Files in Explorer use the orientation in the image itself. It's not unusual for images to show different rotations in Windows File Explorer. It's enough of an annoyance that I found and use this program:
That's a really good overview of your experience, and yes it's a good idea to contact the developer and let them know. Their email is at the bottom of the page, scroll to the bottom: module.art.team@gmail.com
I can't open QPV now, so how can I contact the developers for help?
My first use of Quick Picture Viewer (QPV) was a little difficult.
I wanted to view 2 files which needed rotating to read the text which had been photographed.
The Edit/Rotate Counterclockwise turned it 90degrees OK, but when I saved the image, it looked in File Explorer to have been rotated the opposite way.
So I rotated it 180degrees, and saved it again. OK.
Next, I set Windows to open *.jpg files using QPV by default.
A double-click on a file opened QPV, but left it as an icon in the Taskbar. No attempts with left- or right-click could get it to open the app fully.
Using the desktop shortcut produced the same results.
I uninstalled QPV (using its unins000.exe) and re-installed it.
Again, all I could get was the shortcut and the Taskbar icon, but it wouldn't open for use.
Thank you for sharing the results of your exercise. Something else I've noticed over time is the same scanner(s) on VT corresponding to the AV product(s) you actually have installed on your PC don't flag something the installed system does or vice versa. Maybe we're meant to be confused then we don't challenge the results. MC - Site Manager.
I agree with other comments above about conflicting reports from anti-virus scanners.
I decided to run the setup exe file anyway!
For the record, here's what I found:
I checked the link on Module Art's website to download for Windows,
Dr Web noted that the setup link redirected to a different address on github.com, but said it was Clean.
VirusTotal said of the setup link that 75 engines said "Clean" and 7 said "Unrated".
Then, of the exe file itself,
VirusTotal said of QuickPictureViewer-Setup.exe (v2.2.6):
"4 engines detected this file"
They were:
SecureAgeAPEX
CrowdStrikeFalcon ("Win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)" )
Sangfo Engine Zero, and
Webroot (which reported "W32 Tojan.Gen").
Two engines timed out, and four said they were "Unable to process [that] file type". [really? an .exe file?]
However, the other 60 said "Undetected".
They included Microsoft, but did not include Windows Defender...
==============
Using Windows 10 Home, v2004 (19041.630) I got this when I tried to run QuickPictureViewer-Setup.exe:
"Windows protected your PC
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognised app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.
Run anyway Don't Run"
==============
I then used Malwarebytes Premium (as installed on my laptop) to scan the .exe file, which reported:
"Scan complete, no threats detected."
==============
I guess that when self-styled experts disagree, you have to make up your own mind, as rhiannon says.
I ran the setup file with no apparent problems.
I hope to comment on the app, Quick Picture Viewer, itself, later.
Didn't know you were in financial trouble. Unfortunately, I'm in the same sort of trouble, but I could happily donate five bucks.
Keep up the good work, take care!
Gizmo
Thank you again for your priceless website
Due to my economic circumstances I have donated as much as I could
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I'm not familiar with .mht. I would save a page using your usual method and save the same page at the site and compare the two.
The page is also stored online, so is accessible from a device with an internet connection and can look up other websites and any previous iterations that may have been saved.
For over a decade now, I save a copy of web pages as .mht
It is comparable with saving a 'web page complete' except you don't have to suffer having a related folder called 'files' (AGH!)
IE always offered that single file save format (not sure if it still does ?)
When I open such a saved file, all of the links still work (assuming the site still has them)
Some browsers may not be able to open .mht file, but FF has an extension to allow that.
Does this differ from what you are proposing ?
Or, does yours save all the linked stuff as well ?
Now, could someone please come up with a utility to automatically sort Taskbar icons alphabetically?
Archiving a page is different from a screenshot. It stores the whole page in its original format. You can copy things from the page, links work, etc. It's an active web page, not a static screenshot. It stores the page online at a unique URL. Any previously archived pages are there for comparison. It's very much like the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, the links and content are intact (minus scripts and some interactive elements).
Why not just hit the PrtScrn key and save the image ??
Our use the Snip tool in Windows and save the image ??
I'm glad you could access the site. :-)
Can't put a star on this article about this site yet...
Could not access it this a.m.
And checked here:
https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/archive.is.html
with this message:
The site has been unreachable for more than 100 days. If the site is live or if you have further information about the site status, please comment below...
Update: they lied! Just accessed a few hours later it via Edge browser.
It's working fine for me now in a few different browsers on two different internet connections on mobile and laptop.
I've had mixed results over the years with the sites that check if a website is down so I tend to check many of them if I think a site is down. Some will say a site is working, some not. That's the result I've gotten now. This says it's up: https://isitdownorjust.me/archive-is/. Another says it's been down for maintenance for 100 days.
There are some issues with Cloudflare with this and other sites. If you’re using a DNS service that could be an issue. I'd try a different browser. I'm running into more and more site availability issues with the newer versions of Chrome based browsers.
Lol I ran into one just now, a site I use often and used last night is now flagged as unsafe in a chrome based browser but is fine in Firefox. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is by far the most comprehensive list of this kind that I've seen. Please add Century Past Library. It has tens of thousands of books (fiction and non-fiction), and more than 200 magazine titles; all free. No sign-up, and easy to browse by subject. www.envisionthepast.com
Windows Store Apps don't have a standard installer or uninstaller like traditional apps (e.g. .exe or .msi). They are called Progressive Web Apps (PWA) and use the .appx extension. They are stored in the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder (if C: is where you've installed Windows).
That's why you can't find them using a standard Revo or a search. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I decided on Sophos Home. Sophos used to be a Enterprise only Antivirus but you can now use a free home version. You do have to manage it online but it is light on resources from what I've seen, it works on Windows 7, and I have not seen a better alternative. I am still open to suggestions.
The thing I find most baffling about this is Microsoft's not following what I would have thought to be an installation standard. No where does installing this (and it isn't the first that bit me) does it show up in the uninstall part of control panel. It just goes somewhere and the standard way of uninstalling programs doesn't work. I'm a fan of Revo Uninstaller Pro (what doesn't have a "Pro" version anymore?) and it didn't show it and could not find it either. Programs have generally uninstalled using Microsoft's uninstaller (or so variation of it) for years and suddenly no more?
It happens to all of us. :-)
Thanks for your prompt reply. I am embarrassed to admit that I looked in all the places mentioned in the link already and just did not see the aText listed. As a result of your comment, I looked again and found it.
The only way I'm aware of to delete large amounts of emails is using search operators to find and delete emails.
Others here may have an idea.
There's a good list of search operators here: 25 Gmail Search Operators That Will Make You a Pro
Great tips, but I have a request. How does one batch delete Gmail on an Android device (i.e. smartphone)?
Glad to help out. :-)
It was from the Microsoft store and it is now uninstalled. Ultimately, that was simple. I googled how to uninstall aText and got nowhere. This confirms my suspicions and resolve to stay away from the Microsoft store. Thank you for the rescue.
If you downloaded it from the Microsoft store, here are directions for uninstalling apps from the Microsoft Store:
How To Uninstall Microsoft Store Apps
If you downloaded it from the Microsoft store, here are directions for uninstalling apps from the Microsoft Store:
How To Uninstall Microsoft Store Apps
If you should find a way to uninstall this (aText) I'd sure like to hear about it. I'm now trying to get rid of it and it doesn't show up anywhere, but still wants to keep running.
How do you remove aText. It does not show up in remove applications nor can I find it anywhere on my machine.
As Pratomorone says above... No longer free and I no longer use.
No Trace of Duel Toys 2, The Black heart, or Super Cosplay War Ultra can be found ...
And the correct download link for Golden Axe Myth should be:
https://archive.org/download/Golden_Axe_Myth/Golden_Axe_Myth.7z
I used to use Zedge almost exclusively for ringtones and other sounds for my Android until they started charging for simple sounds.
Not any more. I have found, although with a good deal of searching, a number of sites that will give me the sounds I desire.
Oddly enough I updated the link to that site in this article yesterday. :)
Finds of the Week: Privacy Tools / Learn to code for free / Graphics for DIY and crafts / Block Windows 10 Creator update | Gizmo's Freeware
Good resources, thanks Panzer.
that site is oddly very similar to this site; https://www.privacytools.io
which has been around for years.
You're very welcome. :-)
Ms. rhiannon,
again a BIG thank you for an excellent find!
Thanks for the details. What stayed with me was the volume of commentary that anyone should have to pay to use a browser. I was puzzled by it. If someone develops a program they can charge for it, or these days sell subscriptions to use it.
i created a open vpn on pf sense for a testing purpose give a solution for download exe file. export the certificate is not possible
The link for "Gizmo's Security Wizard" is no good. Get an "OOPs, This Page Cannot be Located."
Not at first. And when it did start costing it was $35 for a lifetime license.
And it was the only truly standards-compliant browser at the time.
I remember when Opera first came out, didn't people have to pay to use it at one time?
Yeah, there's that.
But i haven't used an MS browser since i discovered Opera - back when it fit on a single floppy.
That may be an option for most people if they don't like or don't want to start using a product. If you work at an organization that allows only certain programs used on their computers, it's not an option. Might as well do what you can to make it work for you within those confines. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Better method to avoid the problem:
Don't use Edge.
nice media players
This requires Windows 10 Pro.
There is a problem in the Free Windows Desktop Software Security List - System Hardening and Protection section. I was looking for an antilogger and in the Key scrambling subsection when clicking on the "NextGen Antikeylogger (FF,IE,OB)" link it redirects to [sex site link removed]
You're very welcome. :-)
Very nice as always, many thanks
Thanks, links fixed
Golden Axe myth is gone ...
so is Blue Lacuna.
My pleasure, and thank you for the kind words. :-)
You're welcome, I'm glad you like it. :-)
Woow that I looking for. Great article. It very easy. if anyone edit photo in online please check it out
Photo Editing Point
So i went there.
I created an account.
Nowhere did i see anything that resembled a way to create a font...
What am i missing?"
How beautiful is the nature... why some people look and see nothing? And so, give no value?
Thank you, rhiannon! For bring us the beauty and the great value... always! :-)
Nice find. Thanks
Did you look at the latest Messages app from Google? A separate app is needed for backup, but it supports the latest SMS standards and has a ton of other great features.
Appreciate the feed back Mike C. I'm not going to assume that the Sandboxie/Firefox difficulty I'm having will be cured but I will try the newer version of Sandboxie.
Thanks again
I am currently using 5.43.6 64-bit with Win10. https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/sandboxie-technologies-sbie-open-source.428156/page-24#post-2956457 At about six blocks down you can see the different versions as stated at that time. There's a bunch of stuff going on; technically a bit difficult for me to deal with. Since I always keep an array of portable browsers handy, I just use whichever works with whatever version seems to be doing well at the moment. Firefox is always sort of my main goto. Bo Elam is shepherding one fork and David Xantos is doing another. I admit I've never tried the plus fork. Added bells and whistles are usually not for me. Hope this helps in some small way
This article update shows 25 Nov 2020. Thanks and great article. The comments are pretty old but I'll post anyway.
Ive.been using Sandboxie 5.33.3 for some time on windows 10 and all has been ok until recently. With a recent Firefox update to v83 Sandboxie doesn't run with this error: "The procedure entry point ?CreateAndStoreEarlyBlankWindow@mozilla@@YAXPEAUHINSTANCE_@@@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
From the comments below the real question is, where do I go to get the latest stable version of Sandboxie that works with Firefox and I guess Win10, tho' I don't see Win10 as part of my problem.
Thanks and happy Thanksgiving
Little Fighter 2 requires MS VC 2005 SP1 to work, I will try it out in the coming days.
There's an open source version of Lugaru that I have updated in the links, will check out if it's fully free.
I have updated the link for SORR. Let me check for the other two.
I like BlueMail and is probably one of the best email apps out there along with Edison mail. However, none of the free eMail apps gives me a good mobile view and I find myself regularly zooming in to view eMails as mail contents look extremely small in 1080p screen for 60% of eMails. Increasing font size doesn't help, most of the times I have to do it for individual eMails or if I keep it as universal font size it doesn't look good for most eMails. I feel that it's mostly because they utilize the webview of GMails or even Outlook and doesn't have a dedicated mobile view. So I'm stuck with one of the 2 commercial apps that gets mobile view right.
Is there a cataloguer specifically designed for music collections. MAC (MP3 Audio Collection) was great but no longer seems to work with large collections. When I last used it a couple of years ago it handled 120GB OK but now it just hangs after many hours. It was last updated in 2003, so the problem may be with current Windows versions.
I've been using this for a few years. It's excellent except that support has lately fallen right off in quality: people answering questions you didn't ask and not answering the ones you did. Latest annoyance; an account stopped accessing server. Support didn't consider possibility of smtp settings changing. The problem existed for a few weeks and I only discovered it by accident on, in despair, deleting the account and reconfiguring it from scratch. The right settings had to be input manually even though the provider was on the list of auto-configure providers. Apropos of which that provider, disroot, seems to be getting dodgy too. Why arbitrarily, without notifiying people, change smtp settings. They're also currently blocked by microsoft to my intense irritation.
One other tiny bugbear about Bluemail- text doesn't reflow, so it can be quite hard reading mail.
As of 11/20 MANY of these links are dead (generate 404 error message). Some good sites, but it's a lot to wade through to find them. Thanks for the effort in compiling the list--but removing dead links would make site more usable.
As always thanks Rhiannon for another great Windows freeware option. I like the Slideshow function
My preference is Universal Viewer, also reviewed on TechSupportAlert
- the advantages include a portable version, no reliance on NET Framework, and option to remove the menu bar and status bar
That's wonderful! I was impressed by the results across a lot of subjects. Definitely a keeper.
Thanks! Excellent results. I made a few colorizations with very good results.
Peter
Should there be another persuasive post you can share next time, I’ll be surely waiting for it. facebook
Years ago i had a tool that ran from the context menu, It ran on your machine, not online.
It did one thing and it did that very well - resize JPG files without significant quality loss.
I'm pretty sure i found it somewhere on this site; can't remember its name.
It used an image of {i think} a Hindu god for demo purposes.
Can anyone suggest what it was?
That's the one that worked best for me too.
I had tried all of these except "What Font Is" - which seems the most flexible and has other free tools as well - like a webfont generator.
Glad to chip in a few more bucks! We WOULD Like to know what your fundraising target is, though.
This site is worthy, and beloved. You'll get it: whatever you need. A 'march of dimes' heads your way.
Glad to chip in a few more bucks! What Ronnie said goes for me also.
Glad you like it. :)
Hopefully between the two there's something people will like.
Thanks for the thorough description, it's good to see other's experiences.
I may be wrong, but last I checked Smart Screen flags anything it doesn't recognize. What it recognizes as safe seems to be very narrow. It will trigger even on digitally signed apps.
It's hurting a lot of developers whose apps are safe. Most people think whatever Smart Screen flags is malware of some sort, instead of something it doesn't recognize - they don't differentiate between "I've never seen this before" and "This looks like it contains malware".
There is no absolute safety on the internet. I test software to the extent that I can to determine if it's safe before it shows up here.
VirusTotal regularly throws up false positives, where no other sources I've used see any issues. I include that in the article so you can use your own judgement. I urge everyone to test for yourself using a few different sources whether something is safe or not.
I take it as a given that a percentage of the time, VirusTotal will throw false positives on something I know is safe. It uses many vendors whose methods and products are unknown or questionable. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Files in Explorer use the orientation in the image itself. It's not unusual for images to show different rotations in Windows File Explorer. It's enough of an annoyance that I found and use this program:
Rotate JPEG Pictures Automatically With This Windows Utility | Gizmo's Freeware
That's a really good overview of your experience, and yes it's a good idea to contact the developer and let them know. Their email is at the bottom of the page, scroll to the bottom: module.art.team@gmail.com
Great Rhiannon but your desktop is better :}}
I can't open QPV now, so how can I contact the developers for help?
My first use of Quick Picture Viewer (QPV) was a little difficult.
I wanted to view 2 files which needed rotating to read the text which had been photographed.
The Edit/Rotate Counterclockwise turned it 90degrees OK, but when I saved the image, it looked in File Explorer to have been rotated the opposite way.
So I rotated it 180degrees, and saved it again. OK.
Next, I set Windows to open *.jpg files using QPV by default.
A double-click on a file opened QPV, but left it as an icon in the Taskbar. No attempts with left- or right-click could get it to open the app fully.
Using the desktop shortcut produced the same results.
I uninstalled QPV (using its unins000.exe) and re-installed it.
Again, all I could get was the shortcut and the Taskbar icon, but it wouldn't open for use.
I agree with other comments above about conflicting reports from anti-virus scanners.
I decided to run the setup exe file anyway!
For the record, here's what I found:
I checked the link on Module Art's website to download for Windows,
Dr Web noted that the setup link redirected to a different address on github.com, but said it was Clean.
VirusTotal said of the setup link that 75 engines said "Clean" and 7 said "Unrated".
Then, of the exe file itself,
VirusTotal said of QuickPictureViewer-Setup.exe (v2.2.6):
"4 engines detected this file"
They were:
SecureAgeAPEX
CrowdStrikeFalcon ("Win/malicious_confidence_60% (W)" )
Sangfo Engine Zero, and
Webroot (which reported "W32 Tojan.Gen").
Two engines timed out, and four said they were "Unable to process [that] file type". [really? an .exe file?]
However, the other 60 said "Undetected".
They included Microsoft, but did not include Windows Defender...
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Using Windows 10 Home, v2004 (19041.630) I got this when I tried to run QuickPictureViewer-Setup.exe:
"Windows protected your PC
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognised app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.
Application: QuickPictureViewer-Setup.exe
Publisher: Unknown publisher
Run anyway Don't Run"
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I then used Malwarebytes Premium (as installed on my laptop) to scan the .exe file, which reported:
"Scan complete, no threats detected."
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I guess that when self-styled experts disagree, you have to make up your own mind, as rhiannon says.
I ran the setup file with no apparent problems.
I hope to comment on the app, Quick Picture Viewer, itself, later.
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