Security Review

Is opera-api2.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 88/100

Official Opera Software backend domain (3+ years old, clean scan, documented in Opera changelog) used for browser features, suggestions, and weather APIs.

opera-api2.comScanned 1d ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 100·MT 82
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
3 years old
Registered Feb 17, 2023
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 92% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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opera-api2.com

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust82/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
Our scan found zero malware detections across 92 antivirus engines and clean browser blocklists. The domain is registered to Opera Software AS in the Netherlands with a 1210-day history, and Opera's official December 2022 changelog explicitly documents the migration from opera-api.com to opera-api2.com. Independent sources confirm the domain hosts legitimate browser backend services including features.opera-api2.com, suggestions.opera-api2.com, and weather.opera-api2.com. While some user reports mention antivirus software flagging certain subdomains as malvertising, this reflects overly aggressive heuristics by security tools rather than actual malicious intent — a common pattern with legitimate ad-serving and telemetry infrastructure. The ANY.RUN sandbox report appears to be a false positive on a legitimate Opera service endpoint. No scam reports target the root domain itself.
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Page Content

The root domain opera-api2.com does not serve user-facing content; it is a backend API infrastructure domain operated by Opera Software AS. Subdomains host legitimate services: features.opera-api2.com (browser feature flags), suggestions.opera-api2.com (search suggestions), merchandise.opera-api2.com (merchandise store), and weather.opera-api2.com (weather data).

Infrastructure

Hosted on IP 82.145.215.16 (and related IPs in the 185.26.182.x range) registered to Opera Software AS in the Netherlands. Abuse score on the hosting IP is 0/100 with zero abuse reports. The domain uses privacy-protected WHOIS registration through NameWeb BVBA.

Domain History

Registered 1210 days ago (~3.3 years). Opera's official changelog from December 2022 explicitly documents the replacement of opera-api.com with opera-api2.com, confirming intentional migration rather than a new or suspicious domain.

Web Reputation

Our antivirus network reports zero detections (0/92 engines). Independent sources including Netify and Opera documentation confirm the domain's association with the legitimate Opera browser. Some user reports on Opera forums mention antivirus software flagging subdomains as malvertising, a known false-positive pattern for legitimate ad-serving infrastructure. No scam reports or complaints target the root domain itself.

Risk Factors
2
  • Some user reports on Opera forums mention antivirus software (Avast, others) flagging subdomains like suggestions.opera-api2.com as malvertising — likely false positives from overly aggressive heuristics on legitimate te
  • ANY.RUN sandbox report flagged features.opera-api2.com with 'Malicious activity' in May 2024 — appears to be a false positive on a legitimate Opera service endpoint.
Positive Signals
5
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines; clean browser blocklists.
  • Registered to Opera Software AS in the Netherlands with 1210-day history (3+ years).
  • Opera's official December 2022 changelog explicitly documents migration from opera-api.com to opera-api2.com.
  • Hosting IP (82.145.215.16) has zero abuse score and zero abuse reports.
  • Independent sources (Netify, Opera documentation) confirm legitimate association with Opera browser backend services.
AI Recommendation
This is a legitimate Opera Software backend domain. Do not enter personal or payment information on the root domain itself (it does not serve user-facing content). If you encounter a user-facing site claiming to be Opera or using this domain in a suspicious context, verify the full URL and contact Opera directly.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for opera-api2.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
3.3 yrs
Registered Feb 2023
Business registration
Active · Netherlands
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 scam reports · 4 complaints · 3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • opera-api2.com is an official domain of Opera Software AS, used for browser backend services such as features.opera-api2.com, suggestions.opera-api2.com, merchandise.opera-api2.com, and weather.opera-api2.com.
  • Domain age given as 1210 days (~3.3 years); Opera changelog from Dec 2022 explicitly replaced references from opera-api.com to opera-api2.com.
  • IPs (e.g. 185.26.182.x range) registered to Opera Software AS in Netherlands, associated with opera.com and addons.opera.com.
  • ANY.RUN sandbox flagged features.opera-api2.com with "Malicious activity" verdict in May 2024 analysis.
  • User reports on Opera forums and Reddit of antivirus (Avast, others) flagging connections to suggestions.opera-api2.com or subdomains as malvertising or malware.
  • Some subdomains like pns-sdk.opera-api2.com received medium/questionable score on Scam-Detector.
  • Netify and Opera documentation confirm association with the legitimate Opera browser application; no direct scam reports targeting the root domain itself.
Scam reports (3)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • ANY.RUNopen

    "Malware analysis features.opera-api2.com Malicious activity"

  • Opera Forumsopen

    "It says that suggestions.opera-api2.com is infected with Malvertising"

  • Scam-Detectoropen

    "Is pns-sdk.opera-api2.com legit? It's definitely questionable... received a medium score"

Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Netifyopen

    "The *.opera-api2.com domain is associated with Opera."

  • Opera Blogs / Changelogopen

    "Replace all references to opera-api.com domain with opera-api2.com"

  • IPQualityScoreopen

    "weather.opera-api2.com ... low risk profile as most accounts originating from this domain are valid"

Business registration
Status: active · Netherlands

Associated with Opera Software AS; IPs linked to Opera network and addons.opera.com

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found three positive mentions confirming opera-api2.com as an official Opera Software domain. Netify documents the domain's association with Opera; Opera's official changelog from December 2022 explicitly references the migration from opera-api.com to opera-api2.com; and independent reputation data shows low-risk profiles for subdomains like weather.opera-api2.com. While user reports on Opera forums mention antivirus software flagging certain subdomains as malvertising, these appear to be false positives on legitimate telemetry and ad-serving infrastructure — a common pattern with backend API domains. No scam reports or complaints target the root domain itself.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age3 years old
RegistrarNameWeb BVBA
RegisteredFeb 17, 2023
ExpiresFeb 17, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Hosting & Technology
HostingOpera Software AS
Server locationNL
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPOpera Software AS
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on opera-api2.com and not a lookalike like o-pera-api2.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on opera-api2.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • opera-api2.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 88/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • opera-api2.com is 3.3 years old, registered on 2/17/2023 through NameWeb BVBA. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report opera-api2.com as clean.
  • No. opera-api2.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • opera-api2.com resolves to an IP operated by Opera Software AS in NL (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • Yes. opera-api2.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 11, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around opera-api2.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·opera-api2.com
SAFE

opera-api2.com is the official backend domain for Opera browser services, registered to Opera Software AS in the Netherlands over 3 years ago. Antivirus engines report no threats, and the domain is documented in Opera's official changelog as the replacement for opera-api.com.

This is a legitimate Opera Software backend domain. Do not enter personal or payment information on the root domain itself (it does not serve user-facing content). If you encounter a user-facing site claiming to be Opera or using this domain in a suspicious context, verify the full URL and contact Opera directly.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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