Latest Windows version installing a F*book launcher?

donq

donq @Guest

@hbilke said in Latest Windows version installing a F*book launcher?:

Just installed the older download and "Bingo" f*bokk reappeared in my taskbar. The older download is slightly smaller (280 Bytes). Same cert and sig.

Failure, oversight? I'll control and watch IT very closely.

Looks like failed experiment - or someone (at Opera) simply screwed things up. Not the first occasion unfortunately

Case closed then.

Maybe Opera should start selling their browser (again) - this way they will need to have some responsibility over their actions. I likely would pay for it - if they could gurantee that options and behavior don't change in unpredictable ways.

I'm developer of paid software - our customers would just vote with their wallet, would we add someting similar to our application.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

@hbilke Did you already check your system for malware?

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

To me, it sounds like some malware is modifying the shortcuts to Opera's launcher.exe to pass facebook.com to it.

donq

donq

This all would be pretty easy to check - let @hbilke share f-booking Opera installer and we can install it and see what happens.

A Former User @leocg

@leocg It's a VM that is reset after each test. I ran the install w/f*book three and the Installer w/o two times. The "f" always Puts the f-shortcut onto my taskbar - the other one not. Neither MS Defender nor Sophos online scan fires an alarm. Sysinternals autochecking autoruns against virustotal gives no suspicous files/processes. To me it Looks Like it's in the Installer I downloaded on 05/09 22:00 from opera.com

Cheers and stay healthy these dass
Harry

A Former User @donq

@donq Nice Idea. Am a bit Low in the bandwidth side due to corona-home-office. But If someone wants the file send me a link or PM.
Maybe someone from Opera leser dette og kunne klarer opp forholdet? Dere kan gjerne komme in i diskusjonen.
Harald

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

@hbilke It was the online installer or the offline one?

Downloaded from opera.com?

A Former User @leocg

@leocg online - it's about 2megs

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

@hbilke Just downloaded from opera. com or it was one that you already had?

A Former User @leocg

@leocg yep dl/d from opera.com since .no had an expired cert

A Former User @leocg

@leocg as I wrote the "Buggy one" ist from May 9th. A downloaded File from 12th seems olrite and boils me down bit.

opera-user-from-2002

opera-user-from-2002 @Guest

@hbilke Could you share the installer and SHA-512 checksum for it?

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

In the VM, what browser did you use to download the Opera installer from opera.com? Did you type opera.com in the address field or did you click a link to opera.com on some other website to get there? What OS were you running in the VM btw?

I guess some Opera partners have an installer that includes Facebook shortcuts and you somehow got that installer. You shouldn't be served that installer unless you clicked on a special link from a partner website or app/program. However you got it, it was just a mistake and it's not malware or anything like that. If it happens again, try to figure out what triggers the downloading of the wrong installer so the website bug can be fixed.

A Former User @burnout426

@burnout426
The dl was done with firefox and your hint about direct or indirect download made me check:

IT was a redirect from reputable well-known ct-magazine (Germany based)

The downloadlink is
https://net.geo.opera.com/Opera/stable/utm_medium.... (with ref to ct-mag)

So I have to quarry there.

Me thinks I can stay with Opera.

Cheers to all contributers

Stay healthy
Harald