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Not if you use (and know how to configure) a "portable loader".

Oh. MAYBE that should have been obvious. But it sure as h#ll wasn't to me. I thought there was some new Floorp or LibreWolf or Waterfox or Mercury or r3dfox or PCXFirefox or Cyberfox or IceCat or Basilisk or Iceweasel or TenFourFox or Cliqz or CometBird or IceDragon or or or or or or or...

What the h#ll is "Mo" ???

The "American Invention" (retail computers NOT being provided with PHYSICAL MEDIA) is very likely the result that right around Win7, laptops didn't come with internal cd/dvd-rom drives. Why provide an installation DISC if the computer doesn't even have a way to read it, lol. Talking strictly corporate-distribution laptops. Thinner, lighter, no cd-rom drives. Heck, some of our company laptops of that time frame don't even have internal speakers!

I guess my definition differs slightly. All of my Dell computers (desktops and laptops) didn't come with physical media. HATE THAT! I want a disc! (Or a Rufus USB created from that disc.) They do come with a STICKER with my "license code" (or whatever it's technically called). Legal downloads are readily available (you cannot install without typing in the "license code"). I create my own physical media stemming from that sticker plus that download (where my installation is completely unattended). But I guess I still refer to that physical media as "RTM". Semantics. It's not "OEM" because I didn't download from DELL.

That's a dead link. Or my company blocks it and I just landed on IT's radar for clicking that link.

This isn't exactly his "home base". You and I post more in a DAY then he does in a YEAR. But maybe that just says something about you and I, lol.

This (to me at least) is "much ado about nothing". I'm seeing these as FALSE POSITIVES and a programmer that is FED UP with "explaining to the masses" that it is a FALSE POSITIVE. That's the PROBLEM with anti-virus "crap". You have to PAY MONEY to get your code APPROVED. Supermium/Thorium is FREE. How can a coder/programmer PAY to get code "approved" when the project generates no revenue? So the coder/programmer just throws his/her arms in the air and GIVES UP.

Additional investigation is required. I'm generally a bit skeptic on "virus" reports in general. I've seen more FALSE POSITIVES in my lifetime than I've ever seen for "real" positives. All of this is very suspicious. Thankfully (in my opinion), the "free pass" has been revoked. I'll take 25% credit for that, lol.

Fingers crossed that Thorium's GitHub at least stays up until I can download the latest. (edit: not even going to attempt to download here at work, lol, lest my PC be flagged on three continents' IT Depts) Trojan or not, I'd prefer to have them archived on my end. I can inoculate on my end ("maybe").

I'm not sure how those "take-downs" work. Did GitHub take it down? Or did "win32ss" take it down? Thorium's GitHub is still up. At the moment anyway.

Mileage will vary. But I have had some MV2 extensions migrate to MV3 and have EASILY downgraded back to MV2 just by overwriting my local MV2 with files from the newer MV3 and keeping the MV2 manifest format. But you do have to have your MV2 archived locally. MV2 or MV3, I myself *never* install directly from the Chrome Web Store.

I don't keep a running log, per se. I run each and every new release for about FOUR MINUTES and fully delete after those FOUR MINUTES. For me, it's because I compare directly to OFFICIAL UNGOOGLED and Thorium still makes some GOOGLE connections. Supermium CRASHES my system within NINETY SECONDS so from a stability standpoint alone, Thorium kicks Supermium's "arse". And from what I am seeing in the last 24hrs, BOTH are being flagged for "suspicious security vulnerabilities". I suppose it is the stability standpoint that has the Thorium thread so active here at MSFN but "nothing" on the Supermium thread - because it's too UNSTABLE for ANYBODY to actually USE.

Tells me everything I need to know. People keep giving Supermium a "free pass" but flog Thorium every chance they get. Despite Supermium clearly being reported as having a trojan!

Do you mind also scanning the notification_helper contained in Supermium? I know this is not the Supermium thread, but a comparison still seems to be in order.

That thread also mentions "Floorp". I think it has been mentioned here at MSFN also. I have not tried it yet.

As far as that goes, Supermium also has this "notification_helper.exe". These projects seem to me at least to be very closely related. If one has a trojan (which I cannot verify), then I would suspect the other to have the same trojan.

I have to call "BS". I installed latest Thorium then installed last Malwarebytes for/on XP! NO SUCH TROJAN:WIN32/ZNYONM DETECTED! NONE! From my perspective, most of these "reports" come from Supermium fans that wants to see Thorium die. I'm down to only two XP laptops. But I use them regularly and even promoted one of them to the master bedroom (meaning it runs email programs for XP 24/7/365). For my XP laptops, SUPERMIUM is the one "not for me". So far, I've had great success with Thorium. Though NO, it has not become my default XP browser (Serpent 2023-07-31 is). That said, I am NOT a fan of Malwarebytes! I do not keep it on my system and I nuke every remnant after these types of "verification checks". I do have to assume that a BRAND NEW DOWNLOAD includes the most up to date definitions - because the LAST XP VERSION did not seem to want to check for updates. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SCREENCAPS OF ANYBODY THAT DID SCAN VIA MALWAREBYTES AND DID FIND A TROJAN. Otherwise, "hype and propaganda" shall be my mantra.

lol I have to assume you meant "started to read" instead of "read" in the past tense. Because if you hated it, then why turn the page and keep reading?

RTM = Release To Manufacturer Unless you are using an illegal version of Win7 or you are a MS Beta Tester, then none of us ever LEGALLY use anything other than RTM or higher. RTM means you bought a computer and it came with Windows loaded onto it because the manufacturer of that computer buys "millions" of licenses and distributes them one at a time, with every computer they sell.

The answer is 42. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

You expect too much, plain and simple. ANY browser forked from Firefox will have memory leaks that cause them to crash "after a day".