QR Toolbox

QR Toolbox is a utility for Mac OS X and Windows that creates QR codes in many different formats.

Create URL codes, SMS messages, emails, tweets, trigger phone calls, get devices connected to wifi, and more.

You may need to allow this app to launch the first time you use it as it hasn't been codesigned. If this happens in macOS, open System Preferences, go to Privacy & Security, and scroll down to hte Security section.

First-time launch

Mac users may need to open this app the first time by right-clicking/control-clicking and selecting 'Open'. Windows users may see a one-time warning about allowing unauthorised applications to run. In both cases this only happens once.

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Virus warning from Avast anti-virus software?

Every year or so a version of Avast's security software for Windows reports finding a virus inside the software zip archive. This is a known 'false positive' alert. It has been fixed in recent Avast updates, although this could crop up again. To be 100% clear: the virus report by Avast software is a false positive; the zip archive is clean – and it has actually never been near a PC until it is downloaded to one! Updating the Avast virus definitions (and using another anti-virus tool) cures the problem.

Tips? Only if you want to

This software is free to use, of course, although tips help me pay for my development costs. If you like it please tag me in your Facebook panorama post to show me what you're doing. Bug reports and questions are also welcome. You can find me on Twitter (@thatkeith) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thatkeithmartin) or see the Contact page for direct contact details.

— Keith Martin

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