Experts Recommend Users To Disable Java

Security professionals urge disabling Java on your PC, saying that the computer language has created an "open hunting season on consumers" for hackers.

"Java is a mess. It's not secure. You have to disable it."


http://www.zdnet.com/java-allows-open-hunting-season-for-hackers-experts-find-7000009701/

After having no comment from Oracle when this first hit the media, they are now promising a fix soon. Now the question is, how long is "soon"?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/12/us-usa-java-security-idUSBRE90B0EX20130112

Not soon enough. I disabled it.

How do you disable it?

knothead wrote:How do you disable it?

I just went to Control Panel > Uninstall and looked for Java and uninstalled it. Once they get the fix installed I will go to Java.com and reinstall it.

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:

knothead wrote:How do you disable it?

I just went to Control Panel > Uninstall and looked for Java and uninstalled it. Once they get the fix installed I will go to Java.com and reinstall it.

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Thanks much . . . .

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:Security professionals urge disabling Java on your PC, saying that the computer language has created an "open hunting season on consumers" for hackers.

"Java is a mess. It's not secure. You have to disable it."


http://www.zdnet.com/java-allows-open-hunting-season-for-hackers-experts-find-7000009701/

Thank you...will you let us know when it is safe?

Joanimaroni wrote:

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:Security professionals urge disabling Java on your PC, saying that the computer language has created an "open hunting season on consumers" for hackers.

"Java is a mess. It's not secure. You have to disable it."


http://www.zdnet.com/java-allows-open-hunting-season-for-hackers-experts-find-7000009701/

Thank you...will you let us know when it is safe?

As soon as I see a fix has been completed, I will post it.

For those that want the info, Oracle has released the fix for the aforementioned vulnerability.

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/oracle-releases-fix-java-cve-2012-4681-flaw-083012

Just got to this website and download Java 7 Update 11

http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp