Feds warn PC users to disable Java - Security

La Luna Survived Ashraful Premium join:2001-07-12 Warwick, NY kudos:3	reply to baess Re: Feds warn PC users to disable Java said by baess: 4 hours ago or so »JAVA 7u11 now available for download Boy, I need to go to bed. I thought he meant there was ANOTHER update! Whew, thanks for clearing that up! -- The Alien in the White House 20,196 DEADLY TERROR ATTACKS SINCE 9/11
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baess join:2011-01-28	reply to La Luna 4 hours ago or so »JAVA 7u11 now available for download
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La Luna Survived Ashraful Premium join:2001-07-12 Warwick, NY kudos:3 1 edit	reply to Jan Janowski NM, my mistake.
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La Luna Survived Ashraful Premium join:2001-07-12 Warwick, NY kudos:3 1 edit	reply to Jan Janowski NM, my mistake.
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Jan Janowski join:2000-06-18 Skokie, IL	reply to Oleg I just got prompted that Java needed an update... (build 1.7.0_11-b21) -- Looking for 1939 Indian Motocycle
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Mele20 Premium join:2001-06-05 Hilo, HI kudos:4	reply to StuartMW Yeah... I see it is out so makes this all sort of moot. Not sure I will install it though with all the reports of the Java registry key missing in the new version and thus Java won't work in Fx. -- When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson
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StuartMW Who Is John Galt? Premium join:2000-08-06 Galt's Gulch kudos:2 Reviews: ·CenturyLink	reply to Mele20 said by Mele20: I wasn't confused by the difference in numbering for Apple vs Windows but perhaps the author of the comment could have been. FYI I was saying it is possible. I don't know for sure. Besides »JAVA 7u11 now available for download -- Don't feed trolls--it only makes them grow!
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Mele20 Premium join:2001-06-05 Hilo, HI kudos:4	reply to StuartMW said by StuartMW: said by Name Game: Where did you get your info there is a newer version? I wouldn't be surprised if the version number of Java for Apple machines is higher (or lower). That may, or may not, mean anything. After all Google (with Chrome) and Microsoft (with IE10) have different numbers for their embedded Adobe Flash Player. There was a time when version numbers meant something. These days not so much. For example look at Mozilla Firefox. They bump a major version every month or so. I read this in one of the security articles. I'll see if I can find it again. The article's author may have been misinformed but said that Apple, contrary to what was being bandied about the internet, was not disabling Java but instead requiring users to update Java to a brand new version not yet publicly available. I wasn't confused by the difference in numbering for Apple vs Windows but perhaps the author of the comment could have been. -- When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson
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slajoh01 join:2005-04-23	reply to deke40 Scottp99 - Just go to the US Cert site. »www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617 »www.java.com/en/download/help/di···wser.xml
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deke40 Premium join:2003-01-23 Texas Reviews: ·Comcast	reply to scottp99 said by scottp99: I have Java 7 u10 for IE 8 and Firefox 10ESR. How do I disable them in the browser only? I still need Java for OFFLINE programs though. Don't know if you got this answered or not. Go to the Control Panel and click on the Java icon and then Security.
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StuartMW Who Is John Galt? Premium join:2000-08-06 Galt's Gulch kudos:2 Reviews: ·CenturyLink	reply to Name Game said by Name Game: Where did you get your info there is a newer version? I wouldn't be surprised if the version number of Java for Apple machines is higher (or lower). That may, or may not, mean anything. After all Google (with Chrome) and Microsoft (with IE10) have different numbers for their embedded Adobe Flash Player. There was a time when version numbers meant something. These days not so much. For example look at Mozilla Firefox. They bump a major version every month or so. -- Don't feed trolls--it only makes them grow!
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therube join:2004-11-11 Randallstown, MD	reply to kickass69 quote: is Firefox phoning home to Mozilla all the time like Chrome does with Google? I mean how else are they able to control the Click to Play feature and determine what's 'bad' for us to run. blocklist.xml contains a list of add-ons that Mozilla considers to be harmful to the user (contains security vulnerabilities, adversely affects browsing experience, etc.). Any installed add-on on the block list will be disabled and any attempt to install an add-on on the block list will result in an error. (Additionally, there has to be more to it then just that, some interaction with C2P, in this case, but I'm not sure what.)
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pandora Premium join:2001-06-01 Outland kudos:1 Reviews: ·Google Voice ·Comcast ·ooma ·Future Nine Corp..	reply to chrisretusn said by chrisretusn: How many times have a seen this phrase in a security advisory? quote: can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system, Insert your favorite program before the phrase. Me? I've decided to disable Windows, that will teach em. How does not using Windows secure you from this problem? -- "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand." - Milton Friedman"
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DataDoc My avatar looks like me, if I was 2D. Premium join:2000-05-14 Greenville, NC	reply to scottp99 This, and the links shown, might help: »nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/08···browser/
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Name Game Premium join:2002-07-07 North Myrtle Beach, SC kudos:7	reply to Mele20 said by Mele20: Yeah...well Apple must have juice with Oracle because they have access to a newer version of Java that doesn't have the vulnerability and they are having all their users install it. They are disabling it..»www.macrumors.com/2013/01/11/app···-threat/ Where did you get your info there is a newer version? -- Gladiator Security Forum »www.gladiator-antivirus.com/
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Mele20 Premium join:2001-06-05 Hilo, HI kudos:4	reply to slajoh01 Yeah...well Apple must have juice with Oracle because they have access to a newer version of Java that doesn't have the vulnerability and they are having all their users install it. -- When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson
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slajoh01 join:2005-04-23	reply to chrisretusn This java exploit affects linux, OSX,Unix as well. Not just Windows based OS.
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chrisretusn Retired Premium join:2007-08-13 Philippines kudos:1	reply to Oleg How many times have a seen this phrase in a security advisory? quote: can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system, Insert your favorite program before the phrase. Me? I've decided to disable Windows, that will teach em. -- Chris Living in Paradise!!
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scottp99 join:2010-12-11	reply to kickass69 I have Java 7 u10 for IE 8 and Firefox 10ESR. How do I disable them in the browser only? I still need Java for OFFLINE programs though.
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kickass69 join:2002-06-03 Lake Hopatcong, NJ	reply to goalieskates Better question is...is Firefox phoning home to Mozilla all the time like Chrome does with Google? I mean how else are they able to control the Click to Play feature and determine what's 'bad' for us to run.
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