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    • sgunhouse
      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      I see it download Windows updates (with those silly KB numbers they use) along with its own.

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      • davehawley
        davehawley 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!
        🙂

        Still in mourning for Opera 12.........

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        • sgunhouse
          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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          • opermo
            opermo last edited by

            My Avast (which is the latest version) does not do that.

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            • davehawley
              davehawley 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.
              🙂

              Still in mourning for Opera 12.........

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              • sgunhouse
                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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                • joshl
                  joshl last edited by

                  Maybe it's just that all updates go through the antivirus there. 😛

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                  • wm4bama
                    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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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      Has anyone received an update for Vista systems after installing
                      Version: 36.0.2130.75

                      There wasn't any AFAIK.

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                      • opermo
                        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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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          Does anyone know if there'll be an security update anytime this month?

                          Nope and there is no way to know unless the person works for Opera.

                          Anyway, i think you shouldn't expect that many updates.

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                          • opermo
                            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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                            • sgunhouse
                              sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                              You answered your own question, didn't you? When was the last update for Chrome?

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                              • opermo
                                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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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                  but so far they haven't delivered on their promise

                                  As i said, you should not expect those updates to be released often.

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                                  • sgunhouse
                                    sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                    It did release a security update once so far. Admittedly once isn't much but it is better than none.

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                                    • davehawley
                                      davehawley 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.
                                      🙂

                                      Still in mourning for Opera 12.........

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                                      • opermo
                                        opermo last edited by

                                        Thanks davehawley, that was very helpful information.

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                                        • opermo
                                          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.

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                            Apparently Opera hasn't kept their word:

                                            Why do you say that?

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