[Unconfirmed]rich hints agent (opera's extension) has miner in it

[kiremon]

kiremon last edited by leocg

hello there. have some annoying problem. this is my fault. but still: rich hints agent extension definitely contains some sort of a miner\virus inside. so its loading cpu like hell most of the time. and the only option i can see is drop extension's process in shift+esc menu, everytime when browser starting. updates didn't help. remove button in extension's developer menu do not work. i do really like opera, and will continue using it no matter what. just need some help: how to delete\remove or permanently disable rich hints agent extension. thank you all, and best regards.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @kiremon last edited by

@kiremon It doesn't have any malware or miner.
And you can't remove it.

[kiremon]

kiremon @leocg last edited by

@leocg thanks. but. then why this particular extension loading cpu 25-50% for hours? even if there is no open tabs or any activity.

[donq]

donq @kiremon last edited by donq

@kiremon
Maybe this is related: https://forums.opera.com/topic/53567/rich-hints-agent-opera-s-internal-extensions-enegjkbbakeegngfapepobipndnebkdk-has-ethereum-miner

[kiremon]

kiremon @donq last edited by

@donq thank you.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @kiremon last edited by

@kiremon Probably a bug. By the way, I don't see it happening here on Opera Developer 88.

[donq]

donq @leocg last edited by

@leocg
In some (russian) forums I noticed recommendation to clear last month data (cache etc) and update Rich Hints Agent to latest version.
I would think (not sure of course, just an idea) that this extension downloads some third-party scripts and sometimes those scripts are a bit evil.

It would be very helpful if Opera could tell us, what exactly those hidden non-removable extensions do, otherwise at least I qualify them as mild malware. Sure we have to live with these extensions - there are likely no chromium based browsers, not spying after their users

[gke2010]

gke2010 @donq last edited by

@donq said in rich hints agent (opera's extension) has miner in it:

It would be very helpful if Opera could tell us, what exactly those hidden non-removable extensions do

Indeed, but there is no reaction from Opera Support - my answer for this is: change to vivaldi.

[maxhoffman]

maxhoffman last edited by

Almost a year passed away since this topic has been opened. Could someone from Opera team clarify this thing? I have the same symptoms as a topic-starter had. Mac M1 50-60% CPU usage by this extension. I really don't like even the idea that there might be malware, which prompts me to change the browser.