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Offline VirginiaJim

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Wake up and smell the Java
« on: January 13, 2013, 05:47:12 PM »
Actually, download it.  Oracle has come up with a fix (for today) to plug the hacker exploitation.  Java 7 update 11 is now available from java.com.....


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Re: Wake up and smell the Java
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2013, 09:47:16 PM »
Thanks for the heads up, Jim.  I went the other way and uninstalled it from my laptop yesterday.  Everthing still seems to work without it.  The last company I worked for had computer security an a par with DoD and they had repeated invasion attempts (some successful) and they were always targetted at Java or some Adobe product.
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Re: Wake up and smell the Java
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2013, 10:36:24 PM »
You'd think I would have gotten one of the automatic update notifications.  Between Java, Adobe, and Windows, I seem to update something at least once a day.
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Re: Wake up and smell the Java
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2013, 04:08:29 AM »
I don't use Java that much, at least I think I don't on my home pc, but my work pc is a different story.  I connect in to IBM for for remote activities and downloads.  I'll fix that one this morning.  Oracle acted fairly quickly on this one.  I can imagine the programmers having an all hands on deck 24x7....

For awhile on my home pc, I was getting malware attacks on previous versions of Java, but that was last summer.  They stopped after repeated cleanings or that hole was plugged.  I run Symantec AV and Malwarebytes which as I look down in my tray appears to be non-functioning at the moment.  Good grief, Charlie Brown!
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Re: Wake up and smell the Java
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2013, 04:35:26 AM »
Thanks Jim, I just upgraded my version 6 something. I picked up some sort of Java based bug last week that I had to clean up over the weekend.
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Re: Wake up and smell the Java
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2013, 04:36:43 AM »
WTF? Where did all my browser's shortcuts from the menu bar go? The only one that didn't go away was the shortcut from this site!

Holy ****! ALL my favs are gone!!!
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Re: Wake up and smell the Java
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2013, 05:08:45 AM »
Nevermind, I restarted my PC and all is well once more.

For now...
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Re: Wake up and smell the Java
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2013, 07:14:06 AM »
Between EMC... NetApp... and IBM... it's all Java all the time!  8)
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