Opera 73.0.3827.0 developer update

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg:

[pclaudel1]

pclaudel1 @Guest 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?

[A Former User]

A Former User @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.

[A Former User]

A Former User @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).

[ralf-brinkmann]

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.

[pclaudel1]

pclaudel1 @ralf-brinkmann last edited by

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

[pclaudel1]

pclaudel1 @Guest 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!

[A Former User]

A Former User @pclaudel1 last edited by A Former User

@pclaudel1 You're welcome!

[andrew84]

andrew84 @Guest 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?

[A Former User]

A Former User @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 Now, I removed everything.

[pclaudel1]

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.

[A Former User]

A Former User @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.

[andrew84]

andrew84 @Guest 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.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@kened Most probably it was just a false positive like all the similar alerts that came before that one.

When only one antivirus detects the threat, it's probably a false positive.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@kened The DLLs are part of the installer.

[A Former User]

A Former User @andrew84 last edited by

@andrew84 Really strange.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg I hope for that.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Yes. Windows Defender probably prevented the installation of these dlls at the time of installing Opera Developer; then later he tried to download the dlls again.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@kened And you probably will see it happen next times that autoupdate runs.