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<blockquote data-quote="danb" data-source="post: 965054" data-attributes="member: 62850">Yeah, portable apps are cool but they are also problematic in cybersecurity for a lot of reasons.&nbsp; There is a reason God created the Program Files folder <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />.&nbsp; I know a lot of people who use portable apps put all of their portable apps in one folder and run them from the one folder.&nbsp; They also create exceptions in their AV and create a rule in VS to always allow items in that folder.Having said that, in a few days I will be applying some of the rules in the contextual engine that currently only apply to the Program Files folders to other areas on the OS, mainly what I call the safe user space.&nbsp; Which are the main user space folders like Documents, Desktop, Pictures, Videos, etc., but obliviously does not include folders like AppData.&nbsp; I am taking my time and thinking this through because it has to be done correctly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="danb, post: 965054, member: 62850"] Yeah, portable apps are cool but they are also problematic in cybersecurity for a lot of reasons. There is a reason God created the Program Files folder ;). I know a lot of people who use portable apps put all of their portable apps in one folder and run them from the one folder. They also create exceptions in their AV and create a rule in VS to always allow items in that folder. Having said that, in a few days I will be applying some of the rules in the contextual engine that currently only apply to the Program Files folders to other areas on the OS, mainly what I call the safe user space. Which are the main user space folders like Documents, Desktop, Pictures, Videos, etc., but obliviously does not include folders like AppData. I am taking my time and thinking this through because it has to be done correctly. [/QUOTE]

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