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01-11-2013, 03:25 AM | #1 |
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| Java danger!! Just saw this on the news and I know this is the wrong forum, but more people see stuff here!! remove it from your computer!! Disable Java: security experts | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News
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01-11-2013, 05:05 AM | #2 |
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| This may just be a late warning to what was released late last August. This article does not state which Java version is vulnerable, but there was a fix for the August vulnerability. However, it happens a lot that 'old news' gets dredged up and re-circulated. I'd recommend checking into it more to determine if you need to disable Java...or need Java so things you need will run. Here is an article from last August: Java zero-day vulnerability: Why you should disable Java on your browser right now. ...and another: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08...block_exploit/
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01-11-2013, 06:35 AM | #3 |
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| I have always considered Java a terrible risk and refuse to have it on my Windows laptop. If I recall correctly, Apple doesn't ship its computers with Java installed anymore. A Java hole let the trojan in that killed one of my PCs. A dwindling number of programs still require Java. Doesn't YT chat require it?
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01-11-2013, 07:24 AM | #4 |
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| Thanks for the info. I disabled mine until i can learn more.
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01-11-2013, 08:11 AM | #6 |
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| I guess that's my question. What about the programs that require Java in order to work?
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01-11-2013, 08:31 AM | #7 | |
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01-11-2013, 08:32 AM | #8 | |
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Ann I got them yesterday!! DH hasn't activated his yet I activated mine yesterday and OMG I LOVE IT!! So easy to learn and navigate on!!
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01-11-2013, 12:45 PM | #9 | |
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I understand completely. Actually, I work in IT for ... ummm ... 'alotta years' now...but, I cannot count the number of times I have seen old 'warnings' come around, often due to a chain email someone received, and hit news, TV, radio, etc. broadcasts 'cuz ... ummm ... nobody at the station did their homework. Please forgive me...I don't get hyped up until I 'see the whites of their eyes' anymore......and I know how stuff like that gets my non-PC-tech friends worrying, so was just saying how much that warning looks like the August one. Thank you for posting it so others can check on their Java and whatever might be wrong this time.
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01-11-2013, 12:55 PM | #10 | |
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Our security is very high due to regulations for internet banking and most spam and suspicious emails are caught before they actually hit our individual email accounts. Scary world we live in today!!
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01-11-2013, 03:58 PM | #11 |
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| Removed mine. Better to be safe than sorry.
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01-11-2013, 04:19 PM | #12 | |
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Unless it's hiding, I don't have it on my desktop, laptop or ipad...does that seem right?
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01-11-2013, 04:24 PM | #13 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | This is all over the news channels today? I haven't even heard it yet. What is the problem/issue that caused it to be on the news right now?
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01-11-2013, 05:12 PM | #14 |
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| Go on your browser Tools and look on dropdown menu for Manage Add-ons and on that dropdown menu look under Tookbars and Extentions to see if Java is enabled and just click to disable it. If it isn't listed there, you might not have it, though most computers do come with a version of it I think.
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01-11-2013, 05:15 PM | #15 |
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| Google Java and got this: US warns on Java software as security concerns escalate - Technology on NBCNews.com
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