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no__1__here
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Re: Feds warn PC users to disable Java

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Wrong!
That Mozilla "Check Your Plugins" page is misleading. I do not have Java installed at all, and yet I get the same "we've disabled it, please update" message.

goalieskates
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said by no__1__here:

That Mozilla "Check Your Plugins" page is misleading. I do not have Java installed at all, and yet I get the same "we've disabled it, please update" message.

I'd be distinctly unamused if Mozilla took it upon itself to disable Java or anything else. It's their right to warn me, it's not their right to reach out and do it for me.

kickass69
join:2002-06-03
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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.
scottp99
join:2010-12-11

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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.

DataDoc
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This, and the links shown, might help:
»nakedsecurity.sophos.com ··· browser/

therube
join:2004-11-11
Randallstown, MD

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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.)

deke40
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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.
slajoh01
join:2005-04-23

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Scottp99 - Just go to the US Cert site.

»www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617
»www.java.com/en/download ··· wser.xml