<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[AVG detects Opera update as virus]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hello all,</p>
<p dir="auto">I recently installed Opera in my Windows 8.1 laptop from the official site "<a href="http://www.opera.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">www.opera.com</a>". Today, after a month or so, I received a warning from AVG antivirus about a threat detection concerning Opera auto update. More specific it concerned the file:</p>
<p dir="auto">c:\windows\temp\opera installer\installer.exe</p>
<p dir="auto">and in the details of the report there are more files like:</p>
<p dir="auto">c:\windows\temp\opera_installer_20171205130738.dll</p>
<p dir="auto">Moreover, I would like to mention that according to the creation date-time of the above folders and files, there are very close to the date-time of the Opera 42.0.2393.137 update.</p>
<p dir="auto">I would appreciate if anyone could answer my questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Are these files legit and part of the Opera update process?</li>
<li>Are you aware of any similar reports from any antivirus SW?</li>
<li>Is there any additional measures that I must take?</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">Thank you</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.opera.com/topic/18943/avg-detects-opera-update-as-virus</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:25:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forums.opera.com/topic/18943.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2017 07:02:58 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to AVG detects Opera update as virus on Sat, 21 Jan 2017 08:17:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">False positive: <a href="http://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2017/01/opera-stable-42-0-2393-137-update/#comment-3106592667" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">http://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2017/01/opera-stable-42-0-2393-137-update/#comment-3106592667</a></p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.opera.com/post/113781</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.opera.com/post/113781</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[leocg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2017 08:17:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to AVG detects Opera update as virus on Sat, 21 Jan 2017 08:05:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">What was the actual warning? Sometimes they are set to warn on things that act like a virus rather than being an actual known virus, these sort of "heuristic" warnings can be false positives.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.opera.com/post/113780</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.opera.com/post/113780</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sgunhouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2017 08:05:39 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>