Hi Ronni In my life I have been called many things. I had no objection to being called Bill as my second name is William. Thank you for the many points you have clarified on this string. Cheers Merv
On 16/01/13 2:11 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: > > On 16/01/2013, at 11:17 AM, Bill Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ronni, >> >> Another Bill here. > > Hi the real Bill, I thought I was originally replying to you; but it was Merv > (I am supposed to be on a break from WAMUG so that is my excuse for using the > incorrect name :-) >> >> Just looking at my Firefox Plugins and see Adobe Acrobat NPAPI 10.1.5 > > That plugin is for viewing PDFs in Firefox with Adobe Reader instead of the > Preview application. >> >> and >> >> Java Applet 14.5.0 > > Mozilla has announced that they are also now blocking the Java plug-in unless > the user specifically authorizes it to run by clicking on the warning message > for the plug-in. > <https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/01/11/protecting-users-against-java-vulnerability/> >> >> I have no other Java named plug-ins. > > Is Firefox the only web browser you have installed? If not check any other > Web Browser. > > Cheers, > Ronni >> >> Bill >> 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 whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of Man') -- 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>
