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    Opera GX - youtube videos keep randomly playing out of nowhere on tabs

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    • pyromsi
      pyromsi @RusCatso last edited by

      @ruscatso i have return youtube dislike and haven't had a problem with it so far.

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      • EndlessDivinity
        EndlessDivinity last edited by

        I think Opera's Adblocker might be the issue. I just disabled it, and seems to solve the problem. I think you all should try it out.

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer @EndlessDivinity last edited by

          @endlessdivinity Are you (or were you before disabling Opera's adblocker) getting weird videos that you never actually watched added to your watch history in Youtube where those weird videos are/were the ones playing in the background?

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          • EndlessDivinity
            EndlessDivinity @burnout426 last edited by

            @burnout426 Actually disabling the adblocker also didn't solve the problem. Neither clean reinstalls work... Those weird videos were being added to my history and lagging my system, both before and after I disabled my Opera Adblock. I am left with no choice except changing my browser.d1fa1ff2-1c52-4ff6-8249-9a34ae471d01-image.png
            Just have a look at this tab preview!!!!!
            The same type of videos are the ones causing this mess!

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @EndlessDivinity last edited by

              @endlessdivinity said in Opera GX - youtube videos keep randomly playing out of nowhere on tabs:

              Just have a look at this tab preview!!!!!

              So, you have tab previews turned on in Opera, the start page tab is focused, you're hovering over the background https://www.pea.edu.np tab with the mouse and the preview for the https://www.pea.edu.np tab is showing some crazy Youtube video?

              Definitely weird.

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              • pyromsi
                pyromsi @burnout426 last edited by

                @burnout426 my youtube account had liked random arabic and japanese videos on its own which i only realized when i checked "Liked Videos" tab on YT. I think one of my extensions has a malware in it.

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                • thephantomvoid
                  thephantomvoid @SheIsBrooklyn last edited by

                  @sheisbrooklyn I made an account on here just to post that I just had the same issue happen to me today while using Firefox. I had a few tabs open, with two of them being YouTube videos. One was the video I was watching at the moment, and the other one I had paused and ready to view after I finished the one I was currently on. Out of nowhere a third mystery tab opens up and starts to autoplay a YouTube video that had been floating around in my suggested videos since earlier in the day. I checked my extensions and only had Ublock Origin and NordVPN installed...nothing too exciting. I've Googled a bit on the subject and it seems others have had similar issues in the last month. I suspect that this is somehow just related to YouTube as a website...at the very least I'd hope that it is.

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                  • EndlessDivinity
                    EndlessDivinity @burnout426 last edited by

                    @burnout426 Absolutely! It's too weird! And I am helpless now.

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                    • burnout426
                      burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                      Has anyone checked 3rd party app access for their Google account to make sure nothing funky has access to your account?

                      https://myaccount.google.com/permissions?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmyaccount.google.com%2Fsecurity.

                      Also, even if you have 2-step verification etc. turned on and haven't seen any prompts on your phone for logins etc., you could still change your password for good measure.

                      You could also goto https://myaccount.google.com/device-activity/ and check what devices are logged into your account to see if there's anything suspicious. Even if there isn't, it might be a good idea to sign out of all sessions.

                      You could also clear things at https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy and maybe pause history etc. for a bit.

                      For those that haven't already tried, make a test [standalone installation[(https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/new_profile/#wiki_standalone_installation) and test in it without importing anything and without enabling Opera Sync, and without installing any extensions, and without enabling Opera's VPN, and without enabling Opera's adblocking and tracking protection. Then, see if it happens after you log in to Youtube.

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @EndlessDivinity last edited by burnout426

                        @endlessdivinity You still get the issue if you don't have tab previews turned on?

                        What about if you disable video popouts at opera://settings/videoPopout and opera://settings/videoConferencePopout?

                        I'd also check opera://settings/content/notifications and clear the list for good measure.

                        Shots in the dark, but...

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                        • kookhtime
                          kookhtime last edited by leocg

                          hello everyone! so this issue has been Fixed for me for a long time now,
                          i am just here to share a script that might help you with unliking videos!
                          why? well if you are Fixed then this will be a fast way to return the youtube algorithm close to how it was before, Or if you Don't Know if you are fixed or not you can try this out, and check your liked videos later, unknown videos appear? you are not fixed, they dont appear, well congrats! you are fixed. OR if you are Not fixed you can try this out to check if the malware likes videos, and to bring back the algorithm close to how it was before!

                          function sleep(ms) { 
                          return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms)); 
                          } 
                          async function deleteLikedVideos() { 
                          'use strict'; 
                          var items = document.querySelectorAll('ytd-menu-renderer > yt-icon-button.dropdown-trigger > button[aria-label]'); 
                          var out; 
                          for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) { 
                          items[i].click(); 
                          out = setTimeout(function () { 
                          if (document.querySelector('tp-yt-paper-listbox.style-scope.ytd-menu-popup-renderer').lastElementChild) { 
                          document.querySelector('tp-yt-paper-listbox.style-scope.ytd-menu-popup-renderer').lastElementChild.click(); 
                          } 
                          }, 100); 
                          await sleep(500); // sleep cause browser can not handle the process 
                          clearTimeout(out); 
                          } 
                          } 
                          deleteLikedVideos(); 
                          

                          paste it in console (Ctrl+Shift+I)
                          Note: Credits to zeeshan arshad on quora for the script

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                          • SyncMyErrorPlz
                            SyncMyErrorPlz last edited by leocg

                            Hi, for the past half a week, even after I disable my extensions....Opera Gx is playing youtube videos I've never clicked on, while watching another video, and while not even at the computer...

                            I've disabled auto play in youtube settings. Disabled all my youtube extensions.. And yet ill be away from the computer for 30 mins, not touching it, and it will just start playing videos, that i Cannot See ....i know which tab it is because i can see the audio icon , and when i click on it it mutes, but keeps playing videos..

                            any idea how to fix, or is there a way to save all my info on opera(bookmarks history etc etc etc), and either reinstall opera, or get it to factory reset, then i can add my infos back to it. thank you

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                            • SyncMyErrorPlz
                              SyncMyErrorPlz last edited by leocg

                              Ok so i realized that I can make this bug happen by pressing space bar when simply on the youtube home page....very weird.

                              edit Ok This Is Fked UP . I am on twitch.tv.....and a 'kitboga' video from youtube started playing...im not even on youtube, please help guys/gals 😞

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                              • SyncMyErrorPlz
                                SyncMyErrorPlz @SyncMyErrorPlz last edited by

                                @syncmyerrorplz ok now its happenein on any video playing website, except its somehow accessing my youtube and playing on it, rather its twitch or whatever 😞

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @SyncMyErrorPlz last edited by

                                  @syncmyerrorplz First, read https://forums.opera.com/rules and, second, read above.

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                                    SyncMyErrorPlz @leocg last edited by leocg This post is deleted!
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                                    • Lyus
                                      Lyus last edited by

                                      So, recently I had the same problem here, right after installing some extensions, I deleted most of them, and today I use only those:
                                      ![extensões opera.jpg](Algo deu errado ao receber a resposta do servidor)

                                      Has anyone been able to figure out which extension might have caused this and how to solve it?

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Lyus last edited by

                                        @lyus It seems that you posted before the upload, so there is nothing to see.

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                                        • Lyus
                                          Lyus @Lyus last edited by

                                          oops, haha, apparently there isn't an option to edit posts here, which is weird, but i didn't understand, why the image didn't go... some weird error, so I had to upload it outside: alt text
                                          ![alt text]3c4b0319-1c42-4442-8193-399d72879db9-image.png

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Lyus last edited by

                                            @lyus There is a 30 minutes (or would it be 60, don't remember now) to edit your posts

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