OperaTor is a portable software bundle which allows you to browse the web anonymously. It combines the power of the Opera Browser, Tor and Polipo.
With OperaTor no data will be stored at the computer you plugged your portable memory into.
Preferencestray menu includes all the available configuration options (editing the
English
Polskioperator.ini file is no longer required)Welcomepage
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OperaTor weights 7 MB and is Windows only. After the download is finished:
61e5be6161c4086164bb8af5e33ae405 *OperaTor-3.2.zipOperaTor.exe file to start all the necessary applicationsPlease do not link directly to the files. Link to this page instead.
The only protocols which OperaTor anonymizes are HTTP and HTTPS, thus if you want to stay anonymous you should avoid using other Opera features (e.g. Java, JavaScript, Bittorrent, integrated e-mail and IRC clients).
OperaTor comes with absolutely no warranty. It is the user's responsibility to test whether the connection is secure. Users should keep in mind that OperaTor relies on Tor (The Onion Router) and Polipo and any security questions should be directed to their developers.
If you seek support or want to report a bug, please use the Troubleshooting
forum. You will find a list of frequently asked questions there, too. Do not post your bug reports on the current page as they will be removed.
OperaTor is my clear first choice.
For road warriors - and the truly paranoid - Operator is well worth a test drive.
Softpedia guarantees that OperaTor is 100% CLEAN, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.
Keep your Web surfing private with this portable, anonymous browser.
OperaTor has been awarded theFreeware-Tipp 02/2007by netzwelt.de.
Excellent - though some little glitches found
Works great. Thank you very much for this!!!
What doesn't work well is: Opera's widgets – I can download these but I can't launch them; some filesharing sites' functionality [download] gets blocked [Depositfiles]; search for new skins in Opera generates a connection closed error in the skin browser's window; Google's top link bar is not shown!? [Web Images Maps News Shopping Mail more]
Saving a web page as a single file to MHT in OperaTor
The MHT format which allows you to save a web page as a single file to a *.mht file is supported by Opera. I usually save web pages this way. OperaTor saves to mht but also adds a profile subfolder. But when opened the mht files are displayed in OperaTor in a small 500px x 300px frame with scrollbars. This needs a fix. Thanks for your attention.
Google Error?
I think you may need to run a system scan for virus on =your= PC because I use Google cache pages all the time (10 seconds ago) and never received such an error.
Google error
Google error: clicking on “cached” on the Google results page produces this error: “Sorry… but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.”
Tor
The reason lies in Tor itself. See in the Tor's FAQ. Sorry, but I can't do anything about it.
I have the same problem, but
I have the same problem, but use scroogle.org instead :-)
How to make 'Save Sessions' work in OperaTor
For “Save Sessions” to work, apart from setting DeleteSession from 1 to 0 in operator.ini, OperaTor also needs the following expressly set in Opera's Preferences. Crtl-F12 / General / Startup → then select ‘Continue from last time’ from the drop-down. Click OK to confirm. Works on my machine, so no guarantee.
Yes
You are correct. I will update the appriopriate FAQ entry.
Toggle Tor functionality
To turn Tor off temporarily just remove the hook from the box in the bottom bar that reads ‘Enable proxy servers’. This will switch your IP back to your real IP.
No more URL Tooltips under cursor
The URL tooltips that show the real adress in a small popup underneath a link when the cursor rests on it work no longer. Gone. And yes, I have tooltips enabled in Preferences. Wish I knew how to fix this…
Opera
This is Opera's new “feature” – the tooltips are off when the status bar is enabled. I will rearrange the bar to include the status field in the next version.
OperaTor for Linux
Hi! What about OperaTor for Linux systems?
FreeBSD please (PC-BSD would
FreeBSD please (PC-BSD would be cool too)
OperaTor for Linux
OperaTor is Windoze only, but seems to work under Linux using Wine.
Tor Network Fair Use / Download Manager
Fair use of the provided Tor Network means not putting unnecessary load on the network by engaging in heavy downloading. Dowonloading via the Tor Network is not encouraged and quite slow anyway. To download from within OperaTor get the excellent Orbitdownloader from www.orbitdownloader.com. Having it “integrate with Opera” won't work for OperaTor, probably because OperaTor is not an installed application. Just clicking the download links is not seen by Orbitdownloader, so nothing happens. Here's a workaround: In Orbitdownloader go to Tools / Prefences / Monitoring then put a checkmark in the topmost box for “Monitor Clipboard”. Now, when you right-click on your download link and select “COPY LINK ADDRESS” it is instantly recognized by Orbitdownloader as a download request and you can start the download from the dialog box and also enjoy the increased speed a download manager offers.
how to upgrade?
Thank you for a Great program. I have a question. How do I upgrade to current version without losing my settings from previous version?
Great program, thank
Great program, thank you!
Major pet peeve of mine – why is it that there are never instructions on how to upgrade programs, packages, bundles, to a newer version? It's like it's a secret or something.
Anyhow, the major issue here is saving Opera's custom settings, bookmarks, passwords, menus, site specific settings, etc, and using them with a new version of Operator. It looks like by unzipping the new package over the old one all the Opera settings will be overwritten to the default ones.
So, what's the best way to upgrade to a new version of the OperaTor package? Install in a new directory and then try to import Opera's settings from the old one?
Thank you.
Backup
There is no upgrade path as there is no installer :) . Just follow the instructions from the article and copy the selected files from inside the
Opera\profiledirectory to the new location. And remember not to mess with theopera6.inifile :) .Bookmarks can be easily exported/imported via the → menu.
Tor Network Fair Use / Download Manager
I agree fully, orbit is free, small and spyware free. Having used flashget, getright and idm I can say orbit is simply excellent, small memory footprint and free. What more do you want, oh and it includes flashgot++ to download any flash or you tube videos. Also as well as using the above method of monitoring clipboard you can use a DROP TAERGET method if you tell flashgot to show the target in the view menu. Enjoy
Suggestions
I wonder if it would be possible to add the following to a future build (FYI: not familiar with either Provoxy or Tor. Please disregard if the suggestion cannot be made with current version OperaTor's programs):
Ability to enable/disable proxy on a per-site basis (probably done via “Edit Site Preferences…”. Of course, proxy would be set to “enabled” by default, unless specifically set).
Ability to edit the proxy list in OperaTor. Ex. add your own server to the list of proxies used.
Thank you.
You can do this by
You can do this by modifying 's
forward-socks4aoption. Open theOperaTor\Privoxy\config.txtfile and find the following line:By adding the line shown below you tell to make an exception and do not torrify connections to the
example.comdomain:You can try a different approach. Delete the whole
forward-socks4aentry and replace it by the following line:This will torrify connections to the
example.comdomain only.You can configure this in
You can configure this in opera's settings, so it will bypass the proxy for, let's say, *.ebay.com
Go to:
Tools, preferences, advanced, network, proxy servers, then check do not use proxy on the addresses below and list your sites.
A good maxim is never out of
A good maxim is never out of season.
A good medicine tastes bitter.
OperaTor for mac?
I assume the answer is no, but can you tell me if there is a version of OperaTor for mac osx? If not, do you know if there is something similar I could use for anonymous surfing?
Mac
To install Tor on a Mac follow the tutorial. To mimic OperaTor's features you would also need to configure Opera not to use external directories (meaning: outside its own directory).
UK IP
How can I force operator to use only UK IP addresses?
I don't think Tor can be
I don't think can be configured that way.
False Positiv?
Scanning the File on Virustotal i got this result:
http://www.virustotal.com/…00ee7afd1791
Can u tell us something about that?
100% clean
OperaTor got the from Softpedia. It was in June, though nothing changed since then ;) . I can only suspect that the reason some antivrus software warns you about OperaTor is because it has been built with . More on this at the AuthoHotkey's forum.
Great!!
Fantastic idea, and works just great! One question though… is it ok to update the Opera browser along with this, or will that break anything in the overall functioning of OperaTor? thanks again for your excellent work.
portability
Thanks for the kind words. As to your question, you will loose portability by upgrading Opera manually (unless you know how to change its files :) ). I don't know if still works with the current versions of Opera, though it doesn't contain some changes I've made to OperaTor since releasing it.
Virus detecton
According to anti-virus the OperaTor download from this site contains the Trojan loader downloader.klb proceed with extreme caution.
OperaTor is clean!
Proof?
Next time please proceed with caution when posting a comment like this.
I've found virus too. The
I've found virus too. The proof is below. http://www.journals.ru/…0/710292.jpg
AVG is wrong
This only proves AVG thinks it found a virus. AVG is wrong.
Yes it does
I does contain a Trojan, do not download it. DO NOT DOWNLOAD
can i activate stunnel with operator ?
hello , thank you for this eccellent job , really thanks , can i activate stunnel with operator ? AND HOW ? OR HOW CAN I ENCRYPT ALL THE CONNECTIONS ?
please explain me step by step , i'am working in the human rights defence ,and i need your help !
thank you very much for your eccellent initiative !
Thank you for a great
Thank you for a great program!
I've been trying to use Tor, Privoxy and Opera separately but I always had problems running them, frequent crashes, configuration problems, etc. OperaTor runs great each and every time.
Which brings me to my general question: After starting Operator I often go to various IP finder sites and browser security sites and they all show the Tor exit node instead of my real IP, as expected. I've turned off all Java, plug-ins, Javascript, cookies and referrers from the bottom button bar.
Which of these functions will allow a website to see the real IP even though OperaTor is used? I know Java can show the real IP, but is it possible to get the IP by allowing Javascript too? How about cookies? If I allow cookies and sign in a web forum for example, can the website get a real IP only by using cookies and maybe cookies and Javascript together? I don't thing IP info is included in referrers.
Thank you very much for your efforts and your generous offer.
JavaScript
Your question about JavaScript and plug-ins is answered in the Tor wiki:
Here is an excerpt:
Javascript only
I read somewhere that it's Firefox that contains extra Javascript stuff that can reveal your true IP address with only Javascript enabled and all other plugins turned off. But I can't find any website that can actually prove this and reveal my true IP using Javascript only. Does anyone know of a site that proves that Javascript on its own can leak true IP info via Opera/Tor?
A lot of websites, blogs and forums nowadays require that you have Javascript turned on.
Even the captcha system used here seems to require cookies be turned on, but thankfully doesn't require Javascript.
Delete cookies
That's true. The CAPTCHA installed here requires your browser to accept cookies but you can always enable the option in the site or global Opera preferences.
change the 3rd line in
change the 3rd line in Privoxy/conf.txt to : actionsfile default.action
MakeOperaTor w/Opera 9.26,
MakeOperaTor w/Opera 9.26, Tor 0.1.2.19, & Privoxy 3.0.8
Upon launch:
Privoxy Error
Privoxy(00000fb4) Fatal error: can't load actions file ‘.\default’: (error number 2). Note that beginning with Privoxy 3.0.7, actions files have to be specified with their complete names.
This program is great! It is
This program is great! It is currently my favorite browser, I just wish I could manually change my IP whenever I felt like it.
Are files created on the host?
Thanks for the combination of these great tools. How does OperaTor handle internet history and cache? Are any files (Temp, Registry etc.) created on the host computer? If so, what happens to them after exiting OperaTor?
Any files are created inside
Any files are created inside the OperaTor's folder. Cache and history files are deleted on exit unless you disable this behavior.
Are files created on the host?
To clarify, when OperaTor is launched from a USB “pen-drive”, no files are created on the host computer hard drive?
Is it correct that history and cache are only written to the OperaTor folder on the USB drive?
RAM
They are of course written to the RAM too.
cash files (SECURE DELETE?)
Good question but if i run this app from local drive C: and i want it to exit and delete the cash files (by deleting them beyond recovery i,e, secure writing over them) is this option available? or will i have to exit, let operator delete the temp files on close and then spend ages wiping the free space on my hard drive with a secure overwrite method? is there not an option to have operator securely delete cash files? Hope that makes sense i cant even find an option under CCLEANER to find and kill the temp files on operator. which means someone could simply use a tool like recover or recovermyfiles to see exactly what i have been looking at!
Newbie question: Does this
Newbie question: Does this program hide my data transmission details from my employers, or is it just hiding an IP address from the web sites I am visiting?