U.S. Government Advising People Disable Java

[mitch5252]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/12/us-government-advises-computer-users-to-disable-java-software/?test=latestnews

MORE INFO: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414191,00.asp

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[bluepinecones]

Thanks, Mitch.
Heard something about it on this AM news too.

[Nasoosie]

Merci beaucoup!

[Liz]

So my computer (Mac) has JAVA and JAVA Script. I disabled both, but could no longer "like" a post on FB. Got a message to enable JAVA script. So I enabled tat, but not the other and could use FB again. What's the difference?

[Bethers]

So my computer (Mac) has JAVA and JAVA Script. I disabled both, but could no longer "like" a post on FB. Got a message to enable JAVA script. So I enabled tat, but not the other and could use FB again. What's the difference?

Java is an operating program (and what you need to be worried about.

Javascript is a scripting language.

I have Java disabled, but enable it when there's something I want to do that requires it ... like a chat room, etc ... easy to enable and disable.

[Sandersmr]

I saw that on the Kim Komando letter. She also said to check and remove any older versions. Sure enough, I had 2 versions on my laptop.

[JanetA]

Java seems to want to be updated more than anything else on my computer. Not sure why,, but seems like every other day it's wanting to update and reinstall new,, bla bla bla....

any cllues as to why,,, anyone out there? i let it most of the time,,,unless im doing something then i just click it off.....