#IS JAVA SAFE TO INSTALL#
#IS JAVA SAFE TO UPDATE#
#IS JAVA SAFE TO PC#
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You can be killed by one or you can get killed in one.

You must be aware of your surroundings in cyberspace as you must be aware when cross a busy road.Д¬ars are dangerous. If you have your head buried in a cell phone and don't look both ways before entering into the road to cross it, you may get run over. You are safer if you don't access the Internet. If I don't allow javascript in my browser, is there any way to get infected by just browsing? Does anyone have an opinion of Sandboxie, or should I just give up, and run a Linux VM for my browsing?ДЈ.

is javascript still a huge hole in security, or has it somehow become 'safe' to allow web pages to run javascript? A quick scan of the Malwarebytes forum shows a lot of javascript malware.Дў. So I'm looking into the javascript question again. I'm starting to move all my browsing into Firefox in Sandboxie, so I can run javascript, but this is a terrible solution because everything (bookmarks, etc.) get dumped at the end of the session. In the last year it has gotten to be a big problem. Over the years, though, more and more sites don't work without javascript. I've never been infected, that I know of, and I scan often with Eset and MWB. So I installed NoScript in Firefox and I've been using it to severely limit javascript for the last decade. And considering that I scan email-attached documents with VirusTotal before I open them in a Sandboxie instance, javascript appeared to be the pretty much the only way I'd ever get infected. Javascript on web pages was shown to be a huge percentage of the infection vectors. If and when Java needs to be updated, itвЂ™ll tell you.I've been a paid user of Malwarebytes for many years.ДЄround 2004 I did a ton of research on Windows infections.

If you need to get your hands on a Java install, then go straight to the source. In three lots of testing вЂ“ two with everything installed and one without вЂ“ we saw no sign of Java being updated as a result of this particular bundle.

#IS JAVA SAFE TO INSTALL#

Well, that could be the case because where this install is concerned, it didnвЂ™t actually give me anything Java related in the install. вЂњOoops it looks like it wasnвЂ™t the product you wantedвЂќ

#IS JAVA SAFE TO PC#

I quite like the вЂњbrokenвЂќ images in the first splash an end-user sees while running this online:ДЇrom there, theyвЂ™ll have to wade through a fair amount of text related to various EULA agreements for shopping helpers, PC optimizers and so on. The installer itself needs to be run on a net connected PC, lest the end-user be presented with an error. Note the text at the bottom of the page which doesnвЂ™t sound like something youвЂ™re usually informed of when grabbing any form of security update. Clicking through to the вЂњupdateвЂќ leads end-users to the following install splash on another URL: In other words, scam tactics going back to the days when Myspace ruled the roost and everybody was using Hotmail. The site resembles the real Java website, mentions a вЂњFree Java security updateвЂќ in the background and pops a box which says вЂњWarning: your current browser is outdatedвЂќ, and that a вЂњcritical security updateвЂќ is required for your Java Player. Yet, that is exactly what we have the possibility of here. In my experience, security updates donвЂ™t come bundled with additional programs such as вЂњtoolbars, browser add-ons, game applications, antivirus applications and other types of applicationsвЂќ.

#IS JAVA SAFE TO DOWNLOAD#

There are sites out there which will try to convince you to download вЂњFree Java security updatesвЂќ. Security updates shouldnвЂ™t come with additional bundled software.Дo we detect it? Yes, as ДЄlways be careful where you grab downloads of system critical (or not) files.

#IS JAVA SAFE TO UPDATE#

Why is it risky? When random websites are telling you to update вЂњsecurity featuresвЂќ, thereвЂ™s a good chance there is something in it for the person giving you the heads up. What is it? A website telling the end-user that they need to update their Java install.

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