Hi Marlene I'd be inclined to update Firefox to the latest version then go to Tools/Addons/Plugins and see if Java plugin is there, and disable it if Mozilla haven't already done so. You could also check in theLibrary/ Internet Plugins folder and delete it from there too.
Reg On 16/01/2013, at 3:05 pm, Marlene Oostryck <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> Reg Whitely Home: 08 9921 7272 Mob: 04 8899 7313 Email: [email protected] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20130116/8b443f7c/attachment.htm -- 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>
