BBC Headline News

BBC Headline News

by Opera Widgets

What is BBC Headline News?

BBC Headline News is software application developed by Opera Widgets. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 (SP1) with nearly ~99% of installations running this operating system. BBC Headline News's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 3 files.

BBC Headline News is most popular in the United States with 71.43% of installations residing in this country.

BBC Headline News adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, BBC Headline News is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • BBC Headline News.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Opera\opera.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • BBC Headline News.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FD093121-7534-490E-AB19-829540172F1F}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • BBC Headline News.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Opera Internet Browser' and executes as C:\Program Files\Opera x64\Opera.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://widgets.opera.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\Local\BBC Headline News
Uninstaller:
wscript "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\BBC Headline News\uninstall.vbs"
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

BBC Headline News Executable Details

Primary executable:
Opera.exe
Name:
BBC Headline News
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\Local\BBC Headline News\Opera.exe
MD5:
c5520feb7ad5f6e3692b6de41f6a1a27
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by BBC Headline News
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
c5520feb7ad5f6e3692b6de41f6a1a27
DLL
e30e192d32fe6866b8842b0842b79dbf
EXE
62fb2bdf0011c431cb553828be657c7c