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Should I remove Opera Stable?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
2% remove it98% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,921
United States Rank #18,312
Reach 0.0275%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 6.95 days
204.89 days >
Average installed length: 107.66 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
15.0.1147.153 100.00%

Opera Stable 15.0.1147.153

What is Opera Stable?  (from Opera Software ASA)

Opera is a small, fast, customizable, powerful and user-friendly web
browser, as well as an Internet suite, including an email client, an IRC
client, and web developer tools (Opera Dragonfly).

Overview

Opera Stable 15.0.1147.153 is a program developed by Opera Software ASA. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is launcher.exe. The software installer includes 19 files and is usually about 277.39 MB (290,868,758 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 23% of users of Opera Stable come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and India.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.opera.com
Help link: www.opera.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Opera
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Opera\Launcher.exe" /uninstall
Estimated size: 277.39 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Opera Stable 15.0.1147.153

Program executable:launcher.exe
Name:Opera Internet Browser
Path:C:\Program Files\opera\launcher.exe
MD5:09eec94c7baa021c263324377257480f
Additional files:
  • opera.dll - Opera Internet Browser
  • opera.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • opera.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{ABAA05B3-1B5F-4F26-9CBD-2905956760F6}' (runs on registration).
  • launcher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{6F4B1B51-F564-461F-8DBA-CA9F1A637FF7}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • launcher.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Opera scheduled Autoupdate 1386750941.
Startup File (User Run)
  • opera.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Opera Internet Browser' and executes as C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • opera.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Navigateur\opera.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

opera.exe
Memory:296.95 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0391181532%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.01584699%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.02327116%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:36,096,572
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:246
70 average
I/O reads/min:208.73 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:52.31 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Opera Stable?

You can uninstall Opera Stable from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Opera Stable 15.0.1147.153, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Opera Stable.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 49%
Win 8 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 2%
Keep it 98%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 65.19%
Windows 10 23.39%
Windows XP 7.73%
Windows Vista 3.68%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 24.63%
Windows 7 Home Premium 23.33%
Windows 7 Professional 11.67%
Microsoft Windows XP 7.78%
Windows 8 Pro 6.48%
Windows 8 4.63%

Distribution by countryGeography

22.89% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 22.89%
  Germany 9.01%
  India 5.07%
  Brazil 3.94%
  United Kingdom 3.56%
  Iran 3.38%
  Russia 3.00%
  Poland 2.63%
  Egypt 2.25%
  Italy 2.06%
  Japan 2.06%
  Saudi Arabia 2.06%
  DZ 1.69%
  MA 1.69%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 25.15%
Dell 18.93%
Acer 14.79%
ASUS 9.47%
GIGABYTE 8.58%
Samsung 7.40%
Toshiba 5.92%
Lenovo 4.44%
Intel 2.66%
Alienware 1.78%
American Megatrends 0.89%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.03%
MSI MS-7369 4.47%
Dell Inspiron 1525 2.23%
Acer Aspire E1-571 2.23%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.23%
Dell Inspiron N5010 2.23%

About Opera Software ASA

Opera Software is known for its Opera sets of web browsers with millions worldwide users.
Publisher URL: www.opera.com

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