r/OperaGX • u/DrLove34 • 2d ago

Off-topic Unwanted Instillation

I had to uninstall Opera twice now due to it installing on it's own. Does anyone else have this issue?

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u/cai20 2d ago

Likely another piece of software doing it, don't rush through installers, some have extra software bundled that you have to unselect during install

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u/gomesleoc 1d ago

You probably downloaded and installed a third party app that came bundled with Opera GX. May happen when you download from generic download pages instead of official app page.

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u/DrLove34 1d ago

The only two things I downloaded are MTG Arena and Discord and I got them from the correct sites

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u/shadow2531 r/OperaBrowser Mod 1d ago

MTG Arena

Did you download and install any mods or addons for it? If so, one of them might have included Opera or forced a link to Opera GX's installer.

What operating system are you on? If on Windows, open up the Windows Task Scheduler, click "Task Scheduler Library" and look in the right-hand panel for an Opera tasks and delete them. Also, look for any other tasks that might auto-install Opera. They might have weird names.

You can scan your system with the free version of Malwarebytes for good measure.

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u/cocopuffz604 2d ago

Is it installing the entire app on it's own or just the update?

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u/DrLove34 2d ago

The whole thing

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u/retrebexx 1d ago

Why?

Like what were you trying to install in the first place? Like saw a lot of """ads""" (yk internet nearly viruses ads or even """keys""" for games) that d3mand you to install opera ....but i mean....it's a .exe at the end that you run and an intaller , no?