Opera 9.1 release offers Fraud Protection security enhancements
Posted
Monday, December 18, 2006 9:49 PM
by
hwaldron
The new version of Opera released today offers improvements to help prevent phishing attacks with it's new Fraud Protection facility.
Opera 9.1 Download site
http://www.opera.com/download/
Opera 9.1 introduces Fraud Protection
http://www.opera.com/docs/fraudprotection/
Changelog for Opera 9.1 for Windows
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/910/
Release Notes and Change Log
This release of Opera introduces Fraud Protection.
User interface
- Fixed handling of access keys on Web pages with frames.
Mail, messaging, and newsfeeds
- Fixed an instability connected with delayed entry of the Master password.
- Deleting of newsfeeds in the panel now both unsubscribes and deletes.
Display and scripting
- Improved performance for elements with both :focus and :hover.
- Fixed an issue with opacity on links that have images nested within them.
Security
- New Fraud Protection feature (a phishing filter).
- Changed Wand data to a new format. The upgrade to this new format is not reversible.
Miscellaneous
- Multiple stability issues solved, including crashes on Gmail and Google Maps.
- Changed the Mozilla User Agent string to include Firefox identification.
- Improved handling of Web site logins on slow connections.
- Cancellation of torrent downloads now functions as expected.
Windows-specific changes
- Multimedia keys now function as expected when Opera has focus.
- Enabled loading of Windows Media plugins when Java is turned off.