How to disable Java on your browser

We hope that by now most of you are aware of a serious vulnerability of Java (announced late last week) and how you should disable it on your browser. If not, do follow these steps to make sure your PC/Mac will not be affected.

Sophos detected this vulnerability as Mal/JavaJar-B. This malware targets everyone, even if you have the latest update of Java.

Hence, if you are not actually using it, it is better to just have it removed or disabled.

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Security experts says this isn’t something you can just ignore. You’ll have to take action as soon as you can.

Oracle has reported that they have updated Java but experts insist there are still bugs in it.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

8 Comments

Www.Cbumr.com says:

12 years ago

Thanks for finally talking about >How to disable Java on your browser – YugaTech | Philippines, Tech News &
Reviews <Loved it!
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Jan Christian says:

12 years ago

thanks for this.. now I can finally able to disable java in my browser.
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Anonymous says:

12 years ago

A lot of application runs on java. Even enterprise apps runs on java. I don’t think disabling java is a viable solution. Unless, go on vacation and don’t use your PC.

PS. I don’t play java games, so no worries on that end.
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jojo says:

12 years ago

Thanks for the heads-up, Abe. Appreciate if you could also update as soon as Java is safe to be reinstalled. Thanks.
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Iyan Sommerset says:

12 years ago

I can’t play Project Zomboid without Java…
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Benchmark says:

12 years ago

base sa link ng mozilla dun sa add on plug-ins, it was block way back Oct. 12, 2012 pa pala….

anyway thanks for the info. buti na lang auto block ang mozilla.
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Mokies says:

12 years ago

How about the Maxthon Cloud Browser?
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Legato says:

12 years ago

Sir Abe, this was a false positive by Sophos last year, but thanks for the heads-up..but unfortunately we use Java to run sec monitoring tools..good thing we are way inside the network ^_^
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