Ben H Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Looks like a pretty big hole, better to safe than sorry. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Java- ... rn-772254/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 In Firefox, click on the doghouse (home), then click Add-ons. On that page, clicks Plug-ins, find Java, click disable. Thanks Ben. This is no hoax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted August 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Should tell you how to do it with most browsers. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense ... _now_.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Hansen Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 A key point within that article: "One important note: Java should not be confused with Javascript. Disabling Javascript will result in a bunch of websites not working properly, and it won't do anything to address this threat." Many files (including the electronic versions of Code Check) cannot be read without first allowing an automatic javascript instruction to be executed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Kienitz Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 Oracle has been pushing "updates" to their application(s). All 3 of my laptops have received them over the past 2-3 days. BTW - no problems from the OP information, but it is always wise to double-check. Not all things are what they seem at times, but we do need to be careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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