Category Archives: faq-item

I get inappropriate ads or automatic redirections on Tubidy

Unfortunately, this is a problem with the Tubidy website, not with the Opera Mini browser. Perhaps one of their scripts has an error or there are other issues. There is, therefore, nothing further we can do about this problem. The website is choosing to redirect you to the adverts, and they cannot be blocked by…

Opera unexpectedly opens unwanted web pages to show ads

It sounds like there may be an unwanted application installed on your phone, which is opening the unwanted pages in your browser. You will need to work out which app this is and remove it. You should also use reputable anti-virus and anti-malware products to remove any malware which may have been installed.

VirusTotal reports about malware in setup.exe

VirusTotal is a service which scans selected files with multiple antivirus engines. Settings for these scanners can be much different than the settings used on typical computers, and sometimes they report what we believe are false-positives. This happens especially with Antiy-AVL, Baidu, Cylance, and Qihoo 360. Please don’t report this issue to us unless antivirus…

Credentials in URL can be used for a spoofing attack!

(e.g. http://example.com@sample.com) Opera and other Chromium-based browsers consider this as expected behaviour. Even though the user lands on another website than the one written before the @ sign, the address bar is still the ultimate UI element which provides security information showing the actual website and not the web address written in the address bar.…

I see plenty of ads. I am using Windows

First of all, ensure that Opera’s native ad blocker is enabled and try enabling additional lists in Opera settings (Opera menu > Settings > Basic > Block ads > Manage lists…). It sounds like there is malware or a virus on your computer which is opening unwanted pages in your browser. Use reputable antivirus and…

I found a clickjacking (UI redress) on opera.com!

While clickjacking is an effective attack in cases where only clicking or minimal key presses are required to perform a harmful action, typically in the context of a logged-in user’s account, we are not aware of any part of our site where a clickjack attack could have any significantly harmful consequences. We are aware that…