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    • fitzydj
      fitzydj last edited by fitzydj

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      Hi Opera Community
      I am hoping someone can help me please?
      All of a sudden the purple icon has appeared at the top my Speed Dial Home Page and and when clicked, There is the Advent Message as per the second image.
      I click the X and Close it and it reappears again.
      Is this some new feature or have I been infected with Malware?
      I did a full scan with Micrsoft Defender and nothing showed up.
      I am running Window 11 25H2 Build 2600.7171 and my Opera Version is 124.0.5705.65.
      If this is some new feature does anyone know how to disable it please?
      Regards Fitzy

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      • Sequester
        Sequester @fitzydj last edited by

        @fitzydj Yes I would like to know too, I hate it!

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        • fitzydj
          fitzydj @Sequester last edited by fitzydj

          @Sequester I submitted a bug report. You can turn it off but it keeps coming back.
          If I could turn it off and it stayed off It would not be so bad.
          I have uninstalled that version and gone back to the previous version.
          Also have disabled auto update for the time being.
          regards
          Fitzydj

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          • fitzydj
            fitzydj last edited by

            @Sequester
            I asked about it in a Windows 11 Forum, the icon is for Opera to serve ads.
            Brave is doing the same thing though they far more overt about it a full page ad on the start screen, an explnation and easy way to disable it.
            Regards Fitzy

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            • Sequester
              Sequester last edited by

              @fitzydj OK thanks for the update

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                Clicking the X and choosing "Don't show again" isn't working as intended at the moment, but Opera is checking it out. (There's already a bug for it.)

                It's a legit fun, holiday feature though and not malware or anything.

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                • fitzydj
                  fitzydj @burnout426 last edited by

                  @burnout426
                  Thank you for the update.
                  I will stay with the previous version for the time being.

                  Regards
                  Fitzy

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