Disable JAVA for safer browsing

[George]

Wow, some of you seem so knowledgeable on fields far beyond curry making, from IT systems to jet engines and playing musical instruments, for example. And many more skills.

In practice, I find relatively few sites need JavaScript to work. Right now, on this forum for example, an icon shows that JavaScript is blocked, but it doesn't seem to stop everything working perfectly well. On sites I decide to trust, I re-enable it, whilst running a reduced risk on other sites I might stumble across which could perhaps take malicious advantage of JavaScript.

As for Java, now I've removed it via Control Panel, I wonder how long it will be until some web site says I need it again.

[uclown2002]

lol

I uninstalled java then the first program (jdownloader) I tried to use didn't open as it needed java!

[Peripatetic Phil]

New version of Java released, analyst(s) claim it is still insecure.  I have updated but still have it disabled in my browsers.

http://www.reuters.com/

** Phil.

[Willyeckerslike]

You may have recently seen some of the extensive news coverage, including statements from the United States Department of Homeland Security, regarding a vulnerability in Java. Java is both a language and a platform to run websites and programs used by many computer users, both on the PC and Mac operating systems. This vulnerability leaves millions of computers open to malware attacks and can lure online traffic to virus-infected websites.
Rest assured, because you have a Norton security software product installed on your computer, you?re protected against the Java bug (CVE-2013-0422), as long as you have not disabled the automatic updates feature.
We also recommend that you apply Oracle?s recently released security patch and make sure you are running the most updated version of Java.

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Learn more about Java Zero-Day vulnerability

An update from the Norton Team I received today for anyone who is interested.

Will
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[RubyDoo]

You may have recently seen some of the extensive news coverage, including statements from the United States Department of Homeland Security, regarding a vulnerability in Java. Java is both a language and a platform to run websites and programs used by many computer users, both on the PC and Mac operating systems. This vulnerability leaves millions of computers open to malware attacks and can lure online traffic to virus-infected websites.
Rest assured, because you have a Norton security software product installed on your computer, you?re protected against the Java bug (CVE-2013-0422), as long as you have not disabled the automatic updates feature.
We also recommend that you apply Oracle?s recently released security patch and make sure you are running the most updated version of Java.

Thank you for being a valued Norton customer.

Sincerely,
The Norton Team

Learn more about Java Zero-Day vulnerability

An update from the Norton Team I received today for anyone who is interested.

Will
.

Hahahaha  Norton?  Wouldn't touch it again with 'yours'. Personal opinion of course ( supported by millions ). Norton is utter rubbish.