i disabled mine yesterday and have yet to see a website i can't load and use...Sounds like ORACLE didn’t make the “recommended” donation to Omoslem.
Once they do, this security concern should spontaneously go away.
So how do you disable it?
FYI
From Firefox/Mozilla:
“In order to protect you, Firefox has stopped the Java plugin from running automatically because it has a security issue. However, you can still use Java on trusted sites if necessary. We’ll show you how [via the link below]”:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-use-java-if-its-been-blocked
DHS. Yeah, they caught the underwear bomber, the shoe bomber, the tooth fairy bomber. All before anything happened. Yeah. Riggghhhhttttt!
i disabled mine yesterday and have yet to see a website i can't load and use...Thousands of corporate applications run on Java. Stop them? Absurd! How do we disable these “experts”?
>> DHS has advised people to temporarily disable the Java software
In other news, DHS warns consumers the burrito special at Taco Bell is too spicy this week.
I went to Control Panel and disabled Java. Hopefully that will do it.
Frankly, I thought that the MS version, way back when, integrated better with Windows, but they lost a patent fight and agreed to abandon their gadget.
Problem with disabling Java is that many things one does on the internet no longer work right or work at all. Videos won’t run, Facebook stops in it’s tracks, games are worthless, etc. Disable it if you think Homeland Security knows what they’re doing. “We’re from the government and we’re here to help.” Otherwise, screw him or her or whatever that fat, ugly beast is, who is the head of Homeland Security.
Run ad bock in your browser, don’t go to porn sites, and don’t open links people randomly send you on facebook or email. You’ll be fine.
I don’t know beans about computers, but I stopped using Firefox years ago. Too many plug-in crashes, IIRC. No Java on the pc I’m currently using, and youtube videos work just fine in Opera browser.
That said, yesterday I had something unusual crop up with an ATI program called CLI.exe, while doing a lot of graphics work. It never appeared before — I keep an eye on task mgr to see what’s running — and suddenly there were two listings for CLI.exe. Some say it’s a virus; others say it’s just some harmless program that ATI normally packages. I dunno. But it’s probably less dangerous than Homeland Security and Java. :)
Used to wish for a doctor in the family. Now I’d rather have a computer expert.