Opera Software releases Opera 8.01 for Windows and Linux Users

Opera Software releases Opera 8.01 for Windows and Linux Users

Browser companies have got one of the most important jobs in today’s world. A web browser is the most used tool on the Internet and it is also one of the biggest sources of receiving malware from bad sources on the net. Hence, they have to always keep on innovating and releasing updated products developed to take on the worst the web throws at it.

Opera is one of the companies, which regularly update their prime offering in Opera Browser, and the latest release from the company is Opera Browser 8.01. This is the first update to the version 8 of the browser, which was released amongst a massive publicity campaign by the company. In fact, the company claims that more than 5 million copies of the browser have been download from the official sources.

This latest release comes with a handful of security flaws, including some that could be used by phishers and other attackers to spoof Web sites. The official website claims that this update fixed around five problems related to security issues found by the various agencies around the world. Some of the flaws fixed in this update are related to the XMLHttpRequest redirect vulnerability and cross-site scripting bugs in the original version 8 release.

Download the latest version of the Opera browser here and check out the changelog for this update here.