The Opera Password Manager on the other hand is only protecting the data from being entered automatically if it has been set this way. There is no obvious way to look at the usernames and passwords that have been stored in Opera. Tamil over at Opera did post a workaround for that problem.

So the major problem if the Master Password in Opera has been forgotten is that Opera will not fill out the username and password of sites that have been stored in Opera.

Tamil comes again to the rescue by providing a guideline on how to reset the master password in Opera.

If Tools → Preferences… → Advanced → Security → Use master password to protect saved passwords is not enabled, delete opcert6.dat from profile after closing Opera.

If Tools → Preferences… → Advanced → Security → Use master password to protect saved passwords is enabled, delete/rename opcert6.dat & wand.dat from profile after closing Opera.

The process does involve deleting (or renaming) files in the Opera profile directory (located in Documetns & Settings by default). The file opcert6.dat has to be always deleted or renamed while wand.dat only needs to be removed if the option Use master password to protect saved passwords is enabled in Opera.

Please note that deleting wand.dat will remove all stored passwords from Opera Wand.

Javascript will be temporarily disabled during login and the data is send right to the website that you want to login to. The Domain that you are currently on and that you want to login to are compared to ensure that you are indeed at the right website. A mismatch would result in a popup warning.

Some websites use Javascript for their login routine and Secure Login offers a list that contains site that are exceptions. Just add the website as an exception if you can’t login using the Secure Login extension.

Username and Password fields are colored orange and a sound can be played (optional) to let you know that you reached a page with a login form. The shortcust ALT + N would send the login details to the server without filling out the form. this is a very convenient way to login.

Secure Login offers additional protection against cross site scripting attacks by protecting from any Javascript code during logon. This is an optional setting that can be enabled in the extension’s options.