Hi All No hurry for a response.
I have followed Ronni's instructions for my iMac (10.6.8) and disabled Java on Safari and Firefox. On my husband's iMac (10.6.8) I have disabled Java on Safari but as he has never used Firefox it is in need of many upgrades. Should I proceed with these upgrades before disabling Java or as it is never used should I just leave it as is? Many thanks Marlene Oostryck On 15/01/2013, at 8:13 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Java has not been safe for some time, we have recommended on WAMUG before > that you disable Java in your Web Browsers. > > In Safari - Disable Java > 1. Safari > Preferences, select Security > 2. DON'T have a tick in "Enable Java" > > Disabling Java in Safari is highly recommended for safe computing. > You should enable it only when on a trusted site that requires it. > > In Firefox: > 1. Open Firefox and click the Firefox button -> Add-ons (Tools -> Add-ons in > Linux, OS X and Windows XP). > 2. Choose the Plugins tab. > 3. Select the Java plugin(s) and click disable. > > "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is urging computer users to disable > or uninstall Java due to a serious flaw in Runtime Environment (JRE) 7. > > The DHS' Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned Thursday evening that it > was being exploited in the wild and could allow an attacker to execute > arbitrary code on vulnerable systems. > > CERT recommended that Java be disabled in Web browsers. It pointed users to > theSolution section of the US-CERT Alert and to the Oracle Technical Note > Setting the Security Level of the Java Client for information on how to do > that." > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 15/01/2013, at 4:55 PM, Merv Bond <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My wife has been sent the following together with several links to other >> pages. I didn't send the links in case they had the potential to do harm. >> Can anyone make sense of this message? >> Regards >> Merv >> >> >> Java exploit - serious consequences >> >> This has been the sequence of events when it has come to Java exploits >> but this latest one is different, very different. Someone, deep inside a >> bunker in China no doubt, has discovered that Java, at its core, is >> insecure and it cannot be simply patched. The whole thing has been >> compromised and needs to be rewritten. It would be like finding out that >> the body of your car is made of blasting caps and if you hit anything >> bigger than a moth it will explode. >> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
