Do i really need to diable Java?

I have been hearing it on the radio, and seeing it on the internet have hackers found an exploit in Java, do i need to be concerned??

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...sable-java-7-due-to-security-flaw-experts-say

 

Oracle is releasing their critical updates on the 15th of this month. I would say that someone pissed someone off at the Obama administration.

 

I have always had Java and religiously kept it up to date. After reading about the alleged vulnerability, I disabled it. To my surprise, none of the websites I routinely visit even use it. If I go to one that does, I can easily enable it again.

 

I've just followed that through on Chrome but when I went to the java based speed test on thinkbroadband.com the test still worked. I had closed and reopened Chrome. Maybe a reboot is necessary?

 

Reboot hasn't helped - setting Click to play in Chrome doesn't appear to work.

 

Hi, Earthling...

Any way you can tell what Java version your Chrome is using? Just interested...

 

CP tells me it's update 9 -

 

That ain't good. You might check your Java control panel applet to see if there's a provision to disable under the 'Security' tab, but I think that option is only available with update 10.

I've deleted all versions of Java on all of our machines until further notice.

 

How about disabling JAVA SCRIPTS in browsers? Is that also necessary?

 

Greetings, jconstan...

Funny that you should ask: The difference between Java and JavaScript.

Short answer: no.

 

Same here on four systems. I don't think I would have known about this but for MG. Must get out more :-D

 

Just to be absolutely clear about this, most advice I have seen suggests disabling Java in browsers, which some users might not be too sure how to do. However I chose to uninstall the Jave Runtime Environment in Control Panel > Add/Remove. Can someone confirm that that will do it for ALL installed browsers?

 

Thank you

 

OK, I'll confirm it, uninstalling via Control Panel totally disables Java in all browsers and is the easy, surefire way to be certain you are no longer vulnerable.

 

Then there's this:

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/disable_browser.xml

 

Yes, that's available in 7 update 10. If you are on a previous version you need to uninstall java.

 

Tim what if you have a version previous to Java 7 update 10, like Java 7 update 9 or below, are we still at risk?

 

Sorry my article cleared it up ""Oracle Java 7 update 10 and earlier are affected," the notice says. It adds that the only known solution is to "disable Java in web browsers.""

 

Well I won't be reinstalling it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/14/oracle-issues-emergency-fix-java

 

updated and safe to install??

 

Its fine to have it installed for local programs. Probably not a good idea to have it enabled in your browser.

 

You can have it installed in your browser but not your computer?

 

You have it switched around.


You can have it installed on your computer, but disabled in your browser.

 

Tim if it's good enough for you i am fine with it, so i have to ask, do you have it installed on your machine/'s?

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