Now pointlessly enhanced with AI
Apparently this is still a thing for an application to add/change search provider. Java installer/updater is asking user to install search app by Ask.com.
This has to stop.
Doesn’t Oracle have enough money already? Why are they doing this?
Adobe used to do similar thing. Now Adobe offers Photoshop Lightroom when user downloads Flash Player. It goes something like this: “Your Flash Player is out of date, please update it and have a trial of Photoshop Lightroom to go with it.”
Apple releases Java for OS X 2013-005.
From the release notes:
This release updates the Apple-provided system Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_65 and is for OS X versions 10.7 or later.
This update uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web browsers. To use applets on a web page, click on the region labeled “Missing plug-in” to go download the latest version of the Java applet plug-in from Oracle.
I do not really have the need for Java if not for Adobe Creative Suite.
Oracle releases Java 7 Update 15. The update is available on Java site or through Java Control Panel. Linux, Mac, Solaris and Windows users who use Java should get the update as soon as possible.
Apple has also updates Java SE 6 for Mac OS X Snow Leopard, OS X Lion and Mountain Lion; following the news of hacker attack on Apple and Facebook.
I’d really want to title this post: “Shit Slashdot Say” but it wouldn’t be fair to the rest of Slashdot users.
To be honest, are there any actual Mac users other than the one Slashdot user imagined angered by Apple by silently shutting down Java 7? In addition to that, the posting on Slashdot was 2 days late. Oracle released Java 7 Update 13 on February 1, 2013. Typical Apple-hating Slashdot user.
Now if only Meatloaf is here to give them the “You’ve gotta be kidding me!” award.
Java 7 Update 13 is now available. This is a critical update to address zero-day security vulnerability.
Oracle releases Java 7 Update 11 to address vulnerability. If you do not need Java at all, it is advisable to uninstall it completely.
If the auto update failed, download Java 7 Update 11 manually.
Current news about Java vulnerabilities have been the talk of both tech and mainstream press. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a warning of this vulnerability on Thursday January 10, 2013. On Friday January 11, 2013 we received numbers of called from users that their computers were infected by malware on that day. Security softwares such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Microsoft Security Essentials detected the presence of malicious Java codes in the computers.
Companies like Apple and Mozilla Foundation have been pro-actively blocked Java on their platform.
This is certainly not the first time Java has been exploited to deliver malware. Back in August 2012 similar outbreak of malware used Java vulnerability as point of entry. Oracle says that they are preparing an update to Java to address the vulnerability.