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  • Thanks ever so much Java, for that biz-wide rootkit infection

    09/03/2012 10:05:45 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 52 replies
    The Register ^ | 3rd September 2012 11:00 GMT | Trevor Pott
    Cup of coffee actually a carboy of toxic Kool-AidSysadmin blog Right on cue, Java has responded to my hatred in kind. Shortly after I awoke to discover my previous article denouncing the language had been published, a client called to inform me his computer had contracted some malware. Java has, if you'll forgive the anthropomorphization of a bytecode virtualization engine, decided to exact its revenge. Closer inspection of the infection revealed deep network penetration that the installed antivirus applications were completely unable to cope with. The chief financial officer of the company relies on cloudy applications that require Java-in-the-web-browser. Contrary...