Opera keeps randomly closing

rakhuuok

rakhuuok Banned

I finally figured out the problem. The clue was when I uninstalled Opera and installed Chrome only for the random closures to keep happening. That's when I installed Avast and Malwarebytes and did a virus scan and sure enough, it found potential keyloggers and a few other suspicious programs. After deleting the viruses Opera now runs fine with all my extensions and I haven't had a problem since.

Keltia22

Keltia22 @GhostRider82

@ghostrider82
Thank you for your help but Notepad does not find any results in the two directories you mention. It looks like a problem between the extensions and the latest Opera Updates. This happens whenever there are more than 3/4 extensions installed and with any extension a-priori.
Nevertheless, thanks.

GhostRider82

GhostRider82 @Keltia22

@keltia22
The fact that notepad does not find my same results does not mean that you are not the victim of a similar virus with the same characteristics or of the same virus with a different name.

And by the way, I didn't say "Notepad" I said "Notepad++" (They are 2 different applications).

I realized the problem when I changed profile,
Basically I renamed the "Opera Stable" folder to "Opera Stable_old" both in the directory:
"C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable"
which in the directory:
"C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable".

Once this was done, Opera RESET itself to its original settings by creating a new "Guest User ID" and AVG no longer warned me of Viruses when I opened Opera, (unlike what it did before).

So, the antivirus gave me "The Name of the Enemy" to "Focus" on, i.e.:(gogglerespite.com),
Resetting Opera, I realized that the problem was that my Profile Name or ID had been compromised by a Virus,
Using "Notepad++" as a search "TOOL", to do a targeted search, I found where the Virus was "lurked"!
And I'm pretty sure the problem specifically was FILES
"Preferences and Preferences.backup" and "data_1"

"data_1" can be found in:
C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Cache\Cache_Data
While "Preferences and Preferences.backup" can be found in:
C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable

Then inside there were commands with curly braces (I don't remember exactly, I deleted them) with then the wording (gogglerespite.com).

Which essentially forced Opera to access that site on startup.
Plus, (which I hadn't told before).
Ever since Opera first started shutting down and logging out of all my accounts (which happened about 1x a week), Opera had gotten awfully SLOW!
and it was also struggling to synchronize my data, not even the profile picture appeared!
as soon as I did what I explained above, it unlocked, became fast, and is giving me no more problems!
if I'm wrong, in about a week (as it did until yesterday), it should close and log me out of all accounts, but if it doesn't, it means that I'm right and I've solved the problem, I'll let you know in a week!

GhostRider82

GhostRider82 @Keltia22

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@burnout426 and @keltia22

So..
7 days have passed...
and at exactly 00:33 (Today) Opera Browser closed spontaneously and disconnecting all my accounts again.

And this is more than a "Simple Random Bug" this is a Scheme!
Because every 7 days at 00:33 the browser closes and the accounts disconnect, this is programming, therefore, the hypotheses (at this point), are these:

An Opera setting that was activated with the latest update of which the user is not aware and therefore is identified as a Bug/Virus and instead is not..
A programming error that interferes with the functioning of Opera.

I have no other explanation than these that can justify this behavior..

And between 00:32 and 00:33 these folders were changed

And these Files

GhostRider82

GhostRider82

Well, anyway this Browser is full of Bugs from the reports I'm seeing in this Forum, I gave this Browser a chance but honestly, if it gives me so much, if these are the conditions, I prefer to use another Browser, I don't want it anymore to relogin all my accounts every week..
is not worth the trouble/the effort/the cost..

Vesper222

Vesper222 @GhostRider82

@ghostrider82 said in Opera keeps randomly closing:

Well, anyway this Browser is full of Bugs from the reports I'm seeing in this Forum, I gave this Browser a chance but honestly, if it gives me so much, if these are the conditions, I prefer to use another Browser, I don't want it anymore to relogin all my accounts every week..
is not worth the trouble/the effort/the cost..

You try installing Chrome and seeing if the problem persists?

rakhuuok

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