Resolved Opera 12 64 bit

Hi bud, Yep me too!

It's obviously a bit "buggy" Is it worth sending them an e-mail? I can see why anyone would be interested in this working as an extra way of protecting an internet user going on a fake site.
I'll send one to Opera as well, you never know!

Have you read the thread "browser choice" in (general internet)?

I got a few replies but mainly about checking for malware and not Opera.
I took on board what was advised and did some extra checks but just wish people would answer the question as well.
I have Avast pro and Malware bytes pro so I don't think I'm at too much risk unless I mess up! Yes?

Any way I'm sticking with Opera regardless of what the polls say.

Cheers, Ian.

 

It might be worth a try. My guess is that the writer (doctorwebav) has lost interest. Either that or it is inherently buggy. IMO Dr. Web (or VirusTotal) come into their own if you get dodgy spam emails. It is useful to check links. I never open strange links anyway, but I have had spam pretending to be work colleagues. Luckily the links are normally harmless but I have had trojan site links in spam. I had one not so long ago about my 'package' at the Post Office & if I just checked the link I would get all the information I would need. I wasn't stupid enough to click it. Both Dr. Web & VirusTotal recognised the link as a known trojan site (probably Russian).

Erm, I'll get around to it I reckon.

Sounds good. I like MBAM, although I use it just on-demand.

It's difficult to get any real information on Opera's overall security. As a minority browser it probably isn't deliberately targeted a lot. On a 64 bit machine you should be a lot safer. I've never had an infection using Opera anyway. I think its lack of sandboxed tabs is a bit of a concern, but not a major issue. I have made a totally clean install of Firefox on my 64 bit machine as I think some Waterfox string alterations were still apparent in about:config.

Unlike Opera, Waterfox shares its profile folder with Firefox. Not unlike both 32 & 64 bit versions of IE 9. I prefer Opera being separate & I uninstalled the 32 bit version.

So, if I want to surf 64 bit I either have to use IE 9 or Opera 12.01. Not much of a contest is it really?

 

I'll compose something to both Opera and doctorwebav when I get the time and inspiration.

Yes I started with the free version and then upgraded to pro, it does a scan far quicker than AV programs but diligence is a must.

About Opera's security issues, there has been a few patches here and there but nothing serious that I've heard of.
In my thread I mentioned the recent Russian hackfest and there attempt at Opera which did not manage to get past security.

You've persuaded me to give Firefox a try, I have IE9 on the HP but I don't think I,ll be using it unless there's no other option.

Your reply is very nicely formatted by the way!

Regards Ian.

 

Don't expect a reply any time soon.

My approach to security is quite basic. I have an AV (MSE) & some other auxiliaries (SpywareBlaster & MBAM as well on my 32 bit machines). Everything else is browser-end.

That sounds promising. It would be nice to have more control over the Javascripting though. Some Opera users actually have a JScript on/off toggle which they place somewhere on the GUI. I was used to this with K-Meleon & PrefBar which I also use on SeaMonkey. In fact I used to do this. Although to be honest I have Opera's internal flashblocker set to block until I click otherwise (Settings-Preferences-Advanced-Enable plug-ins only on demand). It is mostly through corrupted flash that you will be infected by a buffer overflow IMHO.

Firefox is still better than Chrome IMO & has a lot going for it. I've been using it since the #2 series & it was a revelation after trying to use IE 7 on my underpowered notebook. It was the first app I ever downloaded onto that notebook (the day after I bought it) & it is a tradition now for me to download Firefox as the first thing on a new computer after an antivirus (the second is Opera). Incidentally, it was Firefox 3 which made me try other browsers, especially Opera after I had a lot of problems with Firefox 3 after upgrading. Ever since I have always had multiple browsers on any computer just in case I lose one or have problems.

It was only until Firefox #4 that I really started using it again. I may look at Waterfox again some time in the future, but Opera 64 bit is more stable for me & actually breaks less pages.

I haven't properly used IE for several years. The 64 bit IE 9 is fast & relatively stable, but I much prefer Opera 64 bit. Firefox is pretty fast though & I don't see much difference between it & Waterfox these days to warrant running both browsers. Waterfox has become a tad buggy for me anyway. Opera 64 bit on the other hand is really running well. I think Opera ASA have done well with it.

I use the PortableApps Opera & Firefox at work a lot. Their version of Maxthon 3 is good also. These are only 32 bit versions however.

Speaking of Firefox 2, I use this theme quite often. If I drop the tabs down to the bottom it really reminds me of Fx 2 back in the day. I forgot just what a nice theme it was. I also use Simple Green by 'Sailfish'. It is very Netscape Navigator retro.

There are some nice Personas as well. Firefox has always had extensions but they are new to Opera. I often have quite a lot on Firefox, although too many can cause conflicts & slow the browser down somewhat. I have nine extensions on Opera, probably twice that amount on Firefox!

Thanks, I spend way too much time on Internet forums I reckon LOL.

 

No I won't hold my breath waiting for a reply!

I've never used MSE but I've heard spywareBlaster is good, but do you need both?

Yeh me too the Java problems recently are disturbing, the on off would be nice to have.

Reuters got a double dose, the Twitter account was hacked as well, the sysadmin needs a slap to wake him up!

The flash blocker on mine is set the same as well and I'll have a look at the other programs you've used just out of interest.

I've used firefox a long time ago but was getting a bit slow which was when I changed to chrome and noticed the speed difference but Firefox has reworked the search engine since and vastly improved the speed.

I agree Opera have come a long way in the past few years and hope farcebook don't buy it!

I fortunately don't get too many things slowing my machine down except Handbrake it pushes all 8 cores to 97%. I think I've had 37 tabs open in the past but that was on fiberop.

Nice to talk bud and will we get a rollocking for posting too much?

Here's my E-mail ianmcqui@gmail.com

In case It's something way off topic.

Regards Ian.

 

I only use SpywareBlaster on the 32 bit machines. I use the free version & it is very low maintenance. I just manually update it about every fortnight. I've used it for a few years, actually longer than I have ever used a single AV. It's almost exactly two years since I have been using MSE, before that I've had BullGuard, Norton & McAfee. I nearly went with Avast, but it had had a few false-positives at the time I was going to install it. It would easily be my second choice though.

I'm pretty sure you can set it up on Opera & drag & drop it into the task bar or something. I've forgotten just how you do it though. I think that you can add it to the Main Bar & then customise it/drag-drop it elsewhere.

You only have to check Reuters with Ghostery to see it light up like a Christmas tree of full tracking bugs LOL!

As for Twatter, I use that about as much as I use Farcebook.

I used SUPERAntiSpyware for quite a while ( I don't use it now), it once found a trojan I got infected with on a Russian site (luckily SeaMonkey's translator used Google & google's filter noticed it). It was my own fault, I was using neither an adblocker, flashblocker or NoScript. I'm pretty certain the trojan was in a flash advert. I started using MBAM as well then. Now I just use MBAM & SpywareBlaster though (only on 32 bit machines). The trojan also got through SpyBot's CLISD filter & wasn't even detected by it. I didn't think that Norton would have found it (I got rid of Norton shortly after too), but I was quite disappointed with SpyBot. I finally uninstalled SpyBot after it went all 'HAL 9000' on me one day & TeaTimer tried to take over my computer after I had actually uninstalled SpyBot.

I never even used TeaTimer & I don't know how it got activated. I eventually managed to reinstall it from its original installer I had kept & finally lobotomised, I mean uninstalled it completely. I'll never use SpyBot again, even if they say it has been improved. It was probably quite good a few years ago but I reckon MBAM is the industry standard now.

Yeah, Chrome seems to be having the problems these days. Fx has improved hugely since version #4. doubt that there will be an official 64 bit version for a long time though. The tab sandboxing will probably come first, I believe that they are working on it.

A lot of Opera fans were a bit perturbed by the adding of extensions, but I think it has improved it immensely. I am really impressed with the 64 bit version. I've heard the rumours about Farcebook. I can only hope that they are just rumours.

My desktop has a bit of power & speed, unfortunately my notebook is a bit on the sluggish side these days. The faster the browser, the better. MSE runs really well on my notebook, even if I have to disable for a couple of minutes occasionally if I move a lot of executables in folders. I can do that offline easily enough though. Apparently MSE doesn't keep a temp folder of these files & scans them every time I open a folder. It is light though, I don't know how I managed with bloaty Norton & McAfee on my notebook. I tried the Panda Cloud (freeware) as their advert was really good LOL. It was very light, but too many false-positives even after the first day, so it had to go. I reckon though that if they fix the problem it will be a great AV.

Probably. I know there are quite a few Opera 64/32 bit fans on this forum though.

OK thanks.