Tim Mackey

Opera blacklisted the version of Tampermonkey that is currently offered on the Chrome Web Store as it is being installed by Windows malware. This prevents the extension from working in theOpera browser. Opera users who installed Tampermonkey 4.7.54 from the Chrome Web Store found out today that the browser has blacklisted the extension. When they open the browser’s extensions list, they are greeted with a red message stating that the extension was blocked because Opera “identified this extension as malicious and have blacklisted it. This means it can no longer cause any damage to your machine. You can leave it as is, or remove it.” Expert comments below: Tim Mackey, Senior Technical…