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Opera 8.02 - New version patches 3 security vulnerabilities

Opera SoftwareVersion 8.02 of Opera addresses three security advisories as well as providing functional improvements to the browser.

Opera 8.02 Download Site

Changelog for Opera 8.02 for Windows

Security Enhancements

Additional Enhancements

  • Improved default handling of encodings in spelling checker.
  • Multiple stability fixes.
  • When an installed plug-in is available, use as default handler rather than display download dialog.
  • Fixed issue where search.ini could be picked up from wrong location.
  • Improved support for XMLHttpRequest.
  • Fixed download handling when closing originating page..