What is opera.exe?

opera.exe is part of Opera Internet Browser and developed by Opera Software according to the opera.exe version information.

opera.exe's description is "Opera Internet Browser"

opera.exe is digitally signed by Opera Software AS.

opera.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\programs\opera\58.0.3135.127\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about opera.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on opera.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameOpera Internet Browser
Company nameOpera Software
File descriptionOpera Internet Browser
Internal nameOpera
Legal copyrightCopyright Opera Software 2019
Product version58.0.3135.127
File version58.0.3135.127

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

Product nameOpera Internet Browser
Company nameOpera Software
File descriptionOpera Internet Browser
Internal nameOpera
Legal copyrightCopyright Opera Software 2019
Product version58.0.3135.127
File version58.0.3135.127

Digital signatures [?]

opera.exe has a valid digital signature.

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

VirusTotal report

None of the 65 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the opera.exe file.

None of the 65 anti-virus programs detected the opera.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1578621186.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "opera.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 4,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".00cfg",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".rodata",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "prot",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 2,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "PNG",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "TXT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0632081031799316,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4318,
            "time": 3.023526191711426,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4646,
            "time": 1.015444040298462,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4974,
            "time": 3.035327196121216,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5302,
            "time": 1.5200190544128418,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5630,
            "time": -0.09676384925842285,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 5958,
            "time": 1.5311460494995117,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 13520,
            "time": 1.0363860130310059,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 17712,
            "time": 3.093571186065674,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "0d35da659c519319f5fe67c12df70ccac508a7ed217fedf7eb7416ca13f81271",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "a9346fb15b116da9781a1a1adf8e7f3bed33c8d11d9a026b3107d1fda8584872",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD501449dea300eaa1e00e6f7b17b0aba9d
SHA2566040f5f8755c91e90a51517c0ca02e0082b87d999b5eb2e9f9672ce67f0fc8ac

Error Messages

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

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

opera.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 Internet Browser has stopped working.

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

opera.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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