Help: application I didn't install on computer and I can't find it!

Somehow I ended up with the Opera browser on my Mac. I know I did not install Opera, so I'm wondering if another application installed it. The thing is, it isn't in my Applications folder. The only way I discovered it was there was when right clicking on a jpg and selecting "Open with." And, there are two versions of opera, 9.20 and 9.10. I did a search for "Opera" on my computer (entire computer) and came up with an Opera folder in the "Application Support" folder and an Opera Preference folder in the system "library/preferences" folder.
I deleted those two folders and emptied the trash. However, the option to "open with" Opera 9.10 and 9.20 are still available when right clicking on a jpg. If I then select one of the two versions of Opera, it opens! I'm not sure how thats possible since I deleted everything that I could find related to Opera.
I also noticed that there was an Opera cache folder in the Library/Cache folder... It is named Opera and the search (which included the library/cache folder since it is on my computer) did not come up with that folder... so for some reason searching doesn't really find all things with the name "Opera" in it.
So, I would like to know how it got there, but I'm sure thats next to impossible. I would also like to know where the "open with" options are located so I can see the path to the Opera application it is using. It has to be on my computer somewhere! I want to get rid of Opera completely and can't see how when I can't find the app.
MacPro 8-Core
OSX 10.4.10
Thanks,
Jeff

Go ahead and let Opera launch. With it running click once and hold the click down for a second or so on its icon in the Dock (or control click on the icon). You should get a menu popping out for the program, that includes the option to "Show in Finder"--select that and a Finder window will open with the application high lighted. You can then quit and remove it. Do the same with the other version you have as well.
Spotlight does not search certain folders. To be sure you found all the pieces you might consider downloading EasyFind from Devon:
http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/index.html
The "Open With" options are in a cache file which gets modified every time you start your computer: the LaunchServices polls all applications it can find and reads their info.plist file and records what it says the application can open to the cache file. A restart should reset it.
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