Several security vulnerabilities have been lately discovered in versions of Opera prior to Opera 9.52. The security vulnerabilities are classified as highly critical and include possibilities to bypass security, spoof, expose sensitive information, DoS and provide system access to an attacker.
The Opera 9.52 changelog contains information about the security vulnerabilities. Each one of the listed alone would be serious enough to be fixed immediately, all of them make the matter even more pressing. At least one vulnerability is only affecting computers running Windows but most affect all versions of Opera.
The update is deemed a security and stability update. Next to the important security fixes many changes to various aspects of Opera have been made. The changelog lists more than 30 fixes for various problems that could arise while using Opera.
The latest download is available directly on the Opera website.
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So much about Opera being resistant to viruses and secure. The only reason Opera is secure is because of its low share. Hope Opera and Firefox devs combine to build Oprox (Opera+Firefox). Same applies to Macs as well.
PS: WHy do you keep deleting my comments?
>The only reason Opera is secure is because of its low share.
The only reason Opera is secure that it consistently has fewer bugs and holes than competitors. :)
The security vulnerabilities are classified as highly critical and include possibilities to bypass security, spoof, expose sensitive information, DoS and provide system access to an attacker.
Ever heard of such thing with Firefox?
All these security claims are hoax. With enough dedication talented hackers can whip out hacks to exploit bugs.
>Ever heard of such thing with Firefox?
Yep.
“which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, potentially conduct spoofing attacks, or compromise a user’s system.”
http://secunia.com/advisories/31106/
http://secunia.com/advisories/30761/