[at-l] OT java scare

[Allen Freeman]

You update Java to the latest release so you can go to the Java Control
Panel and disable Java. Why not just uninstall it?

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Instead of armed guards in every school, how about a teacher in every gun
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Tom McGinnis <sloetoe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
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> u u u ters[alt-39]
> EOF
>
> --- 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. >><http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=13817&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=alerts&utm_content=2013-01-10-article-in-body-c>
>
> 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 <http://mc/compose?to=Rockdancer97@comcast.net>
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