Opera likes to consider their releases as stable but why can't they get the manual update mechanism working properly. I have eight machines all running Windows 7 and all experience the same or similar problems. For example when checking manually Opera (supposedly) finds an update and it gets stuck at downloaded 100%, no restart message. So I close the browser , open it again and go through the same process, again and again . The only way is to download the offline package, write it to a cd or usb drive so all my machines can be updated quicker. Operas manual update mechanism has in my opinion never been reliable. If other browsers can update manually properly first time, why can't Opera ?

Had a quick look at Opera blog, appears to be fixed in 58.0.3135.90 immediate panic over.

Sorry to be paranoid, but I heard on the news that there could be a problem with Windows 7 users using Chrome. Please see https://www.neowin.net/news/google-reveals-windows-7-zero-day-vulnerability-being-used-with-chrome-exploit I picked this site at random on the Internet. Vivaldi forums say there browser has been patched, what about Opera ?

OK I went to https://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/58.0.3135.79/win/ to download latest version of Opera to update one of my computers. I am on a slow adsl connection but do manage between 650 and 750 kbs ! However downloading the above file with Operas downloader today speeds varied considerably during the download, at one point it went down to 4.8kbs ! I had no known extra processes running that would lessen my speed etc. However the speed was fluctuating more higher than slower during the download. Can you also say when using https://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop two options are available of Opera are available to download one is labelled "autoupdate" and the other "setup" the latter I always use. Could you explain simply the difference. My view without prior knowledge is the browser is always supposed to "autoupdate".

You say "Did you try running the installer to update Opera?". Am I missing something here. Is this the installer on Operas website that downloads files individually , in which case I wouldn't do that because they couldn't be run through Virustotal at the same time. Also I presume by using this method Opera might not instal to the same directory as the original etc and then I would have two Operas etc, hassle. Am I correct in how I have interpreted your comments ? Incidentally I did an update via check for updates today. I got lucky it worked at first attempt, my one success out of ten today. only another nine attempts to go before I succeed again.

So if I disable the auto update, this would stop updates for the adblocker etc, is this right ? The thing about manually checking for updates is that there is normally an error message showing starting with "an error occurred checking for updates" If I persist in my attempts to update by this method it will eventually update.(It works first time 1 in 10 times) Why after all this time is it so difficult for Opera servers to recognise a computers request for an update. This problem happens on all my Windows 7 machines and with Opera rumoured to be developing a new type of browser they should get their current browser working ok before developing new stuff.

The Opera Auto update mechanism has a mind of its own appearing in task manager when it feels like it, but doing nothing. It manages to do about 3 updates on its own in a year ! So as Opera doesn't offer a button to disable the Auto Update feature and it can be argued why not. Can i just disable it in task scheduler and continue to update manually either through the about opera page or downloading complete package files which is what I normally do ?

Ok , i have a few computers and some have Vivaldi and Opera.on the same machine. Although I am on a slow connection Vivaldi always updates quickly, after check for updates button pressed. Opera on the other hand is slow, very slow. If I want to update it I go to Opera,help,about opera check for updates. This results in a minute or so delay then "an error occurred" message may appear. So i keep restarting Opera ,going through the update process.Then sometimes it says downloading updat,e gets to 100% and then stalls ! Restarting Opera a few more times eventually gets it updated, am I the only one who goes through this process on nearly every update ? I also tried going to https://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/58.0.3135.53/ which proceeded to download at just above dial up speed, it said it would take 2 hours ! In yet the full Vivaldi instal took a few seconds..

OK, I'm totally new to the use of a VPN but as Opera has one built in and its free I might take the plunge. One question though is if Operas VPN is enabled and the browser minimized and say I check my desktop email client for emails ,will these go through the VPN or will the VPN app be aware of this and change the IP address to the default for my home location ?

Being a longtime user of Opera I understand that it has a free VPN feature but there is little official info about it on the web. I wondered what the benefits of using it would be, and whether it is reliable, easy to switch off etc , don't want to get stuck in another Country ! Also is it as secure as browsing "normally" or does it have its limitations ?