What is OperaSetup.exe?

OperaSetup.exe is part of Opera Installer and developed by Opera Software according to the OperaSetup.exe version information.

OperaSetup.exe's description is "Opera Installer"

OperaSetup.exe is digitally signed by Opera Software AS.

OperaSetup.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\downloads\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected OperaSetup.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on OperaSetup.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameOpera Installer
Company nameOpera Software
File descriptionOpera Installer
Internal nameOpera
Legal copyrightCopyright Opera Software 2018
Product version57.0.3098.76
File version57.0.3098.76

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameOpera Installer
Company nameOpera Software
File descriptionOpera Installer
Internal nameOpera
Legal copyrightCopyright Opera Software 2018
Product version57.0.3098.76
File version57.0.3098.76

Digital signatures [?]

OperaSetup.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameOpera Software AS
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number0fde84f0d55d8d3368325dc0cdc4a979

VirusTotal report

1 of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the OperaSetup.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Cylance Unsafe
1 of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the OperaSetup.exe file.

Other files also named OperaSetup.exe

OperaSetup.exe (10 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD56128cd9a79655bb4e5314c8b4c04517e
SHA2561ce688bc0bf7291d5ab2b478b2f852e01895b21834562bc6635ed2d19c3228cf

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to operasetup.exe:

operasetup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

operasetup.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Opera Installer has stopped working.

End Program - operasetup.exe. This program is not responding.

operasetup.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

operasetup.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Lowless writes

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am grateful for the info

# 23 Apr 2020, 10:14

Roger Karlsson writes

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Thank you Lowless! I see that the Cylance scanner reports OperaSetup.exe as "Unsafe". I think that is a false positive.

# 29 Apr 2020, 2:34

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