[at-l] OT java scare

[Tom McGinnis]

I will admit that I couldn't make out which way to go with Kommando's site/link, so I just went straight to Java (where I'm more familiar anyway) and got the latest: 7.11....... Things are up&running and tooling a l    ong smmm     o    thl              y. {alt}34 62 lo      ve compu u u u u u u u u ters[alt-39]
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--- On Tue, 1/15/13, Doug Mathews <mathews at uga.edu> wrote:

From: Doug Mathews <mathews at uga.edu>
Subject: Re: [at-l] OT java scare
To: "RockDancer" <rockdancer97 at comcast.net>
Cc: at-l at backcountry.net
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 10:47 AM


  

    
  
  
    Here are the steps the Digital  Goddess, Kim
      Kommando recommends. I did it, just small pain and not a lot of
      time to do. Here is the link:

    Click here
      to learn how to update Java to the latest version and change its
      settings to keep your system safe. >>

    

      The version that is "fixed" is  Version
      7 Update 10

      

      Mainframe

    
    On 1/15/2013 9:40 AM, RockDancer wrote:

    
    
      
      
      
      
        (Feel
            free to respond to me privately.) 
           
        The
            java scare was mentioned again this morning on NPR. Some of
            you on the list are quite expert about computer things so I
            wanted to check with you: 
           
        1.
            This only affects users with Java 7.0? 
           
        2.
            Any idea how an infection will show itself? I have a pretty
            hygienic computer system but I’m now plagued by at least 5
            emails a day that penetrate and are captured by Microsoft
            Outlook. It’s been going on for about 6 weeks. The sudden
            onset concerns me and I may have to take steps. Anyone know
            if the timing is right for this java problem to be the root
            cause? 
           
        3.
            I know that infections can be used to do more than steer
            crap email to our machines. They might make my machine act
            as an unseen host of attacks onto others & other
            malicious stuff. No one in the news has reported about how
            to correct for the consequences of the java problem. 
           
        Thanks
            – Arthur 
           
        Arthur
            D. Gaudet 
        RockDancer
            on the Appalachian Trail 
        Rockdancer97 at comcast.net 
           
           
      
      

      
      

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