Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bug

Here's how to mitigate: Download and install this tool:

http://www.download.com/RemoveAdmin/3000-2381_4-10824971.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10835515

Create a shortcut on your desktop. Right click on it, select "Properties", go to the "Target" edit field and enter this

"c:\Program Files\RemoveAdmin\removeAdmin.exe" "C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe"

That's ONE line by the way and don't forget the space between the second double quote and the third one. You're passing a command line argument to RemoveAdmin.

This will strip administrative rights off Opera and mitigate "abitrary code execution".

You can change the icon to use Opera's icon. Just hit the "Change Icon" button. Windows will tell you removeAdmin.exe has no icons, that's ok. A popup allows you to specify some other .EXE to get icons from. Just enter the path to Opera, i.e.:

"C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe"

Now you can pick the icon you want and your shortcut looks "polished". Call it "SecureOpera" or some such.

I use this tool to strip admin rights on any application that talks on the Internet (think condom).

-M; Posted by: betelgeuse68 Posted on: 10/11/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Thanks for the heads up balaknair | 10/09/08

Bitten by Opera misceng | 10/10/08

Here's how to mitigate betelgeuse68 | 10/11/08

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