Critical Java Vulnerability

A critical security vulnerability in Java has been discovered and exploits have been found. The flaw affects all versions of Oracle’s Java 7 (version 1.7) up to update 10 on all operating systems. No patch is available at this time. All users should immediately disable the Java web browser plug-in.

Click on the following links to view instructions on how to disable java on your computer.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 [1]

Google Chrome [2]

Firefox [3]

Safari [4]

Instructions and further information are available at:

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/625617 [5]

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http://java.com/en/download/help/disable_browser.xml [6]
 

Users of the Java JDK should remove Java 1.7 from their systems.

For Macintosh users:

Java runtime is not installed on Mac OS X 10.7.x and Mac OS X 10.8.x by default.
If you have installed Java 7 on your computer and wish to remove it, please delete the file
/Macintosh HD/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk

For more complete instructions on how to remove Java see this document on Oracle's site:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/webnotes/install/mac/mac-jdk.html

and see the bottom section entitled "Uninstalling the JDK".

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