Opera 73.0.3827.0 developer update

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @ziegensatan last edited by

@ziegensatan There are high chances of a false positive as always. Specially because there don't seem to be users of other anti-virus getting the same alert.

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kened Banned @leocg last edited by kened

@leocg: I had already vaguely heard about Foxiebro. Do you know more about it?

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pclaudel1 @kened last edited by

@kened: I reported the very same thing through the Report a Problem link four days ago, and aside from a quick acknowledgment of my report, I haven't heard a word from anyone working for Opera. Very disappointing.

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kened Banned @pclaudel1 last edited by

@pclaudel1 They have an obligation to tell us something. This is by no means acceptable.

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pclaudel1 @ralf-brinkmann last edited by

@ralf-brinkmann I have now tried what you suggest a second time (first time was 9/30) and have got the same result: Windows Defender blocks it because of the Foxiebro threat. I am now wondering whether the version you successfully downloaded was also the Win version. Or could it be that your antivirus software was turned off or simply didn't catch the threat? Thanks in advance for anything you can add.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @kened last edited by

@kened Nope.

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kened Banned @leocg last edited by

@leocg:

[pclaudel1]

pclaudel1 @kened last edited by

@kened I'm not sure how precisely to remove every trace of Opera Developer manually. Should it be done via Task Manager or Control Panel? Would you be kind enough to offer a little guidance?

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kened Banned @pclaudel1 last edited by

@pclaudel1 Delete these folders:
C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Developer;
C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Developer;
C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera Developer.

[ziegensatan]

ziegensatan last edited by

I uploaded the .dll-file on VirusTotal - only Microsoft detects the file as BrowserModifier:Win32/Foxiebro.

[kened]

kened Banned @ziegensatan last edited by

@ziegensatan Was it, then, a false positive? What is strange is that Opera never makes this type of update (download .dlls).

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ralf-brinkmann @pclaudel1 last edited by

@pclaudel1 I always download the installer files from the same official source and I did it at once after it was uploaded by Opera (29th of September). My Windows Defender is always switched on and I also scanned the file manually again after I read this thread some hours ago. No alarm, no problems, no virus. And no changes in the browser, as Foxiebro usually does. It would be easy for me to remove Opera, because it's installed as standalone version on my computer.

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pclaudel1 @ralf-brinkmann last edited by

@ralf-brinkmann Thank you very much for the additional information.

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pclaudel1 @kened last edited by

@kened I'm very grateful. I would have gone about it much differently and would probably have made a mess of it!

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kened Banned @pclaudel1 last edited by kened

@pclaudel1 You're welcome!

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andrew84 @kened last edited by

@kened said in Opera 73.0.3827.0 developer update:

What is strange is that Opera never makes this type of update (download .dlls).

You have only the single .dll installer in Temp directory?

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kened Banned @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 Now, I removed everything.

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pclaudel1 @ziegensatan last edited by pclaudel1

@ziegensatan Interesting. On the basis of your experience, I just switched Defender off and turned Malwarebytes Premium on and downloaded 73.0.3827.0. No alarms, no problems. Windows Security continues to report that my system is secure.

I just hope that Windows Defender is wrong and Malwarebytes is right about the .dll file not being Foxiebro.

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kened Banned @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 When Windows Defender accused that those dlls were infected, I removed them. When opening Opera Developer, he downloaded them again.

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andrew84 @kened last edited by

@kened strange is that I have a bunch of the .dll in Temp directory but most recent is from 2018. I'm updating Dev build regularly, every week.