Opera updates in Vista/XP?
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A Former User last edited by
I'd have to look - I don't use that machine much. Either AVG, Avast or Avira, I have different free antivirus on each machine but forget which has which. When I do get on that machine I see it download Windows updates, so I know it (the antivirus) does. One of those "they all should" (but probably don't) things - how can they claim your machine is secure if they aren't installing updates to it?
Ah, but is it actually installing Microsoft Windows updates to the machine, or is it just its own updates, virus patterns etc.?
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A Former User last edited by
Well that sounds pretty conclusive!
However, I have looked at the websites of AVG, Avast and Avira, and found no mention of their software doing this.
I would really like to know which of them is doing it!
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
Finally unburied that machine (it's a netbook - slow processor, only 1 GB RAM - so I don't use it much) and it has Avast. When the antivirus program (not the definitions file, the program) updates itself it also installs the Windows updates. Of course, that means it's updating the program roughly once a month ...
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A Former User last edited by
Interesting, thanks for that.
I will have to investigate further, but I could find no mention of this facility on Avast's site.
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
No idea if it is giving me all updates or only the ones they think are needed, but if you watch it update (as I did yesterday and have done before) you'll see it say "Executing kb_######.i86.exe /silent" during the later part of the update. (where ###### is some 6-digit number, I think the one I saw yesterday was 970152 but didn't write it down.)
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wm4bama last edited by
Has anyone received an update for Vista systems after installing
Version: 36.0.2130.75 - Opera is up to date
Update stream: Stable
System: Windows Vista 32-bit?I use the menu option "About Opera" daily and always get the above results...
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opermo last edited by
Still 36.0.2130.75.
Does anyone know if there'll be an security update anytime this month? -
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opermo last edited by
So from a security standpoint, am I any better off using Opera than Chrome (which dropped Vista totally)?
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opermo last edited by
You answered your own question, didn't you? When was the last update for Chrome?
No. Chrome doesn't give any updates for Vista. Opera said it would give security updates (ostensibly making them safer for Vista users), but so far they haven't delivered on their promise.
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A Former User last edited by
This is probably not the place to mention this, but Slimjet 10 uses Chromium 50, and still supports XP and Vista, which just shows that Opera (and Vivaldi) did not have to drop support!
How long the Slimjet developers will be able to maintain this remains to be seen of course.
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opermo last edited by
Apparently Opera hasn't kept their word:
"We do care for our loyal users...While Opera 36 will be last one with features additions on Windows XP and Vista, we are still going to provide security and crash fixes to XP and Vista platform."
(Read the full article here)
Slimjet is a great Chromium based browser that still supports XP and Vista, I assume many will migrate to that from Opera. Thank you davehawley for informing us of it.
