Opera blocks paypal.com says Fraud warning & Reported by apwg

[ulkoalex]

ulkoalex last edited by ulkoalex

Really? Computer is virus free, same with Opera VPN enabled..
Version: 78.0.4093.147
apwg links here https://apwg.org/

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @ulkoalex last edited by

@ulkoalex You can turn off the feature if you don't want pages to be blocked when they are added in those third party lists that Opera uses.

[ulkoalex]

ulkoalex last edited by ulkoalex

@leocg thanks, I already googled your answer but the question is how it came that Opera uses those third party lists that can just block paypal.com out of the blue?..

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @ulkoalex last edited by

@ulkoalex If there are many reports, many false positives, such things can happen.

[ulkoalex]

ulkoalex @leocg last edited by

@leocg yeah, but I hoped sites like paypal should be whitelisted against false positives.. anyways, anything we can/should do here? or just wait until it's resolved?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @ulkoalex last edited by

@ulkoalex Even those sites can be victims of attackers and turn into a danger for the users.

I couldn't find a form to report a possible false positive to APWG, so I just sent a message through the Contact Us one. Let's see if that will help.

[JoeDirticus]

JoeDirticus last edited by

Vivaldi is working pretty good as a meantime replacement until the issue is resolved

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @JoeDirticus last edited by

@joedirticus It was solved a year ago.

[lealcharonnat]

lealcharonnat @ulkoalex last edited by

@ulkoalex - don't get the fraud warning - getting the run around with Opera GX wont get off the input name, just doesn't move off that page. this problem was reported in March 2022 too. Also matched the settings with 'regular' Opera - regular opera does work with Paypal logon. only GX is a problem now (but few months and years ago worked fine with PP