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Opera & those annoying "Save As" pop ups are driving me nuts. Opera is a slick browser but those constant files that I save have got to be turned off. What is it? Why ? How do I turn it off? Can I turn it off?
Im using the free "Adware" version. 7.51.....the newest version
explain what you mean? what pop-ups? when do you get them? is it certain file types or what?
v_Ln
Well aparantly you do not know what I mean. If you have Opera you should. So explaining it to someone who has never seen them is redundant, so heres a shot, everytime I visit a website it ask me to save a file so it can be dl to my drive. If I click cancel the site will not open. File types would be DAT dll etc.
I've been using Opera since version 4 and have had licensed copies since version 5. Unless I'm downloading a file like a .gz, .zip, .tgz, .tar, or a .exe, I've never had the "popup" you're talking about. That sounds more like a file association issue but I'm not sure...
When I go to a website I don't get that popup, might want to try re-installing Opera.
ummm actually at present on my PC I run IE, Opera, Slim, Crazy, Netscape & Firefox. I do alot of webdesign and have to test cross browser compatabilityQuote:
Well aparantly you do not know what I mean. If you have Opera you should. So explaining it to someone who has never seen them is redundant, so heres a shot, everytime I visit a website it ask me to save a file so it can be dl to my drive. If I click cancel the site will not open. File types would be DAT dll etc.
but the one i use for my own browsing is....wait for it.....Opera! So yes i do know what I'm talking about - just not what your talking about....and from the other replies neither does anyone else
so stop trying to be a wise-ass (cause your failing miserably) and provide us with more information and then just maybe we might actually help you
idiot
v_Ln
Well first off whenever you run an adware version of anything you are asking for a world of pain (unless you know how to effectively purge all adware added to your machine).Quote:
Im using the free "Adware" version. 7.51.....the newest version
I have run Opera before so don't get all huffy at me like you did towards val (by the way his mokey can be very mean so watchout). It seems as though when you go to a site and it asks you to 'save as' it seems as though you cache is not automatically DL the site like other browsers. I am sure if you just reinstall or look at the options on the browser you can figure it out. Also, GOOGLE!
- MilitantEidolon
Cant seem to uninstall it now. Im going through that one bad thing after another stage.
Ill try to see if I missed something during installation. I was hoping that someone would say they have been through the exact ame thing and this is what you need to do to fix it.........
Thanx
Can you post a screenshot of trying to go to a page and having that popup?
it sounds like youre going to a site that wants you to download a program or something, alot of sites make you download "special" freeware to view their webpage. If this problem is specific to a certain webpage, then thats the problem. The file they want you to save is probably a type of spyware, which Im sure you willingly downloaded and installed because judging by the tone you took with a person who was trying to help you, you lack the intelligence to realise a bad or good thing when it appears. Try downloading ad-aware or spybot s& d and give it a run and see the cool things you have saved.
I apologize for the attitude, bad day.
Man I wish I could give you the screenshot. It poped up when I requested this tread?!
If you guys are using this browser and its default settings and not getting this then im confused.
The files it ask me to save range from CGI to 2 file( whatever that means), and sometimes just a string of numbers. Remember its not when I am volentarly dl a file like a zip or exe from a mirror site or something. Now it seems that it cannot find a LOG file in order for me to uninstall. BTW I should have said this earlier. I have uninstalled it when this first happened.
It removed the exe but left my settings and other files un touched on C drive.
I accept cookies and chache docs and jpeg.
Its not evry site that ask me for it either. Just every other one and sometimes none. Some websites ask me to save as and then when I visist it again it doesnt prompt me. Some are constant.
I increased my chache to 5 MB. Its Auto in settings.
I understand that it could be telling me that spyware is asking to be dl to your HDD.
do a scan for spyware, its possibly a program running in the background and the pop up is just activated when you vist a webpage, also make sure your viris definitions are updated and all that other cliche advice. and if you are saying that you saved your settings and just reinstalled the program then try starting from scratch, it may be a problem with YOUR settings and you using the same setting reguardless of a clean install doesnt really help.
No problems, bad days happen, hehe.
To take a screenshot in windows, do this:
1: Get the window you want to take a screenshot in focused.
2: Hit the printscreen button (next to scroll lock). It won't appear to do anything, but that's ok.
3: Open up MSPaint and hit control-v. That will past the whole working desktop pic into it. Save it, and post away!
As for your issue, does it occur when you use IE? I've had very very little in the line of spyware when I've extensively used Opera, one reason as to why I use it. Even when it was ad-supported, it didn't cause problems. Could be a case of browser-hijacking, but who really knows?
Go to www.lavasoftusa.com and get the Ad-Aware free version, install it, update it, then run it on your whole hard drive (not just smart system scan). I'm pretty sure you'll be surprised with the results hehe. Most I've seen is 670 spyware items found on an HD that had 290k files.