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Autoupdate for Opera b39 is reported as ransomware by CryptoGuard

Issue

If you have Opera build 39, then you may see messages from Spectrum 0.7 that ransomware has been detected in opera_autoupdate.exe. Sophos Central will report a message similar to the one below

"CryptoGuard has detected Ransomware in C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\39.0.2256.48\opera_autoupdate.exe"

This has been confirmed as a false positive

Workaround

None

Status

Has been confirmed as fixed in release candidate build.