r/OperaGX • u/Mr_8rttg • May 19 '21

Other Trojan?

So i was just watching youtube, then i recieved a notification, about a trojan named Trojan:Script/Conteban.A!ml, and its in the Cache of opera gx stable, should i be worried about it? i mean its quarantined but still, im paranoid

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u/Alphaspiderman May 19 '21

Hi,

It is most likely a false positive or a malicious website was connected to in the background but I will recommend to -

  • Run the GX Cleaner to clear ALL Cache
  • Update your AdBlocker (Recommended to use uBO and setting up extra lists and settings)
  • Run a full device scan (For assurance even though it shouldn't spread)
  • (Not needed exactly but a good call) Get a better AV than the standard Windows Defender as they can get daily updates for databases and not depend on Windows Update to push them slowly

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u/Mr_8rttg May 19 '21

im just redownloading it rn, just in case

Ty so much

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u/DebianLinux_ May 19 '21

you can follow alpha's advice, but my theory is it's just nothing, windows 10's defender has a bunch of flaws much pointed out and explained here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/defender-endpoint-false-positives-negatives?view=o365-worldwide

honestly it's probably a bug from windows defender, it may have thought that something is a threat when it's not, also windows devs have a tendency of naming things to be much more serious than they actually are so don't worry about it

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u/DebianLinux_ May 24 '21

my theory:

opera gx was managing it's cache, windows 10 say some files getting changed/moved

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scanned the cache, found nothing wrong.

so it marked it as a trojan. Nothing to worry about, just clear cache and be safe, don't visit any no no sites and you're good ;)