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US Government Tells Computer Users to DISABLE Java.....

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

The recommendation came in an advisory issued late Thursday, following up on concerns raised by computer security experts.

Experts believe hackers have found a flaw in Java's coding that creates an opening for criminal activity and other high-tech mischief.

Java is a widely used technical language that allows computer programmers to write a wide variety of Internet applications and other software programs that can run on just about any computer's operating system.

Oracle Corp. bought Java as part of a $7.3 billion acquisition of the software's creator, Sun Microsystems, in 2010.....snip~

US government tells computer users to disable Java - Yahoo! News
Associated Press – 9 hrs ago<<<<<


Uh oh.....looks like the Hackers are at it again?
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Haven't been hearing so much about Anonymous lately.....huh?
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I am not all into Computers and all these App.....so would this be considered a serious Problem? What about for Political Sites like these that have others coming in from other Countries? Don't these viruses jump from system to system?
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It would be a serious problem since many banks use Java in their online banking systems.

However saying that, I find it a bit of an overreaction.. there are far more serious "hacks" out there that get zero media or government time.. mostly because the government uses them to spy on people.
 
Oh please. I use java and its totally safe. It's not like hackers can come any time and just haaaaaa.a...a........ <error> <error>

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It would be a serious problem since many banks use Java in their online banking systems.

However saying that, I find it a bit of an overreaction.. there are far more serious "hacks" out there that get zero media or government time.. mostly because the government uses them to spy on people.

Yeah there was a Sting by the Fed last year.....they picked up Hackers from age 17 to 40. Some were put to work to counter China and their Hackers. Think China did this?
 
Government Says to Disable Java

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks. The recommendation came in an advisory issued late Thursday, following up on concerns raised by computer security experts.
Experts believe hackers have found a flaw in Java's coding that creates an opening for criminal activity and other high-tech mischief.


The Department of Homeland Security is claiming that Java has a flaw and is open to hackers to play around in. It seems like this site and just about everywhere you go these days requires you to have Java enabled. I wasn't exactly sure how I could go about disabling Java so here is a site that tells you how to do it. You can also disable Java through whatever browser you use via Internet Tools.

How to Disable Java | PCMag.com

Well I run Windows XP 64 bit software so the instructions given in the above website were not exactly the way I went about disabling Java. Well, it's disabled and now Google refuses to search for topics. It keeps telling me that I need to download some software. Well this is one way to hamstring computer users. Everything on the Internet these days appears to be controlled by Java.
 
Yeah there was a Sting by the Fed last year.....they picked up Hackers from age 17 to 40. Some were put to work to counter China and their Hackers. Think China did this?

It would be a serious problem since many banks use Java in their online banking systems.

Things that make you go hmmmm....
 
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I just went back in re-enabled Java. Google no longer searches if you don't have Java enabled. I will just have to live dangerously and keep Java active.
 
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Everything and its mother runs on Java, disabling it would cripple my computer, as well take Minecraft away from me. I'll take my chances.
 
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is there a non-fox link?
 
I have heard a couple people now say they think Bing is having problems over this.....dunno if that is true. Still there is not a lot of News Up on this for the Fed to be putting out this type of warning. I would have thought all the MS media would carry it.
 
i scan with superantispyware all of the time anyway. it pretty much finds everything so far.

as for disabling java completely, i think that might make surfing the web problematic.
 
The problem with java being hacked is a web page that seems perfectly legitimate may redirect you to a site that uses your java app to gain access to your PC and implant a virus. It happens quickly and silently and probably more from websites that are small private ones, porn, cheat sites or torrent. You can go into your browser settings and disable Java, then if you go to a banking site that loses functionality you can turn it back on temporarily to do your banking.
 
Yeah there was a Sting by the Fed last year.....they picked up Hackers from age 17 to 40. Some were put to work to counter China and their Hackers. Think China did this?

It is a flaw in Java which is almost plugged, so no.. if anything it is Oracle that is the problem aka an American company :)
 
Things that make you go hmmmm....

What makes you really go hmmmmm is Stuxnet. A very dangerous virus made by the US and Israeli government to target the Iranians, that then got loose on the net, dissected and is now being used by criminals and other nations intelligence agencies against... the US and Israel. THAT is a HMMMMMMMMM...

And the Iranians dont have the capacity or technical know how to attack the banking system.. a banking system they are dependent on themselves. If anything it is the mafia coming out of Russia and other eastern European countries.
 
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There is a fix on the way, should be a day or two. Dont overreact.. just dont go in on "questionable" sites and all will be good. Or even better.. dont go on to your banking site until the fix is out... would basically make your PC useless other than a bot, and most anti-virus programs will catch it if your pc is turned into a bot.
 
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There is a fix on the way, should be a day or two. Dont overreact.. just dont go in on "questionable" sites and all will be good. Or even better.. dont go on to your banking site until the fix is out... would basically make your PC useless other than a bot, and most anti-virus programs will catch it if your pc is turned into a bot.

Telling us not to panic eh....

I bet you're in on the Iranian plot to turn all our computers into Muslims.
 
Hmm just checked my own PC... dont even have Java installed lol. Windows 8 FTW.
 
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Telling us not to panic eh....

I bet you're in on the Iranian plot to turn all our computers into Muslims.

yea yea you got me.. but what you did not know, is that I am actually a triple spy working for the Israelis who think I am working as a double agent, but when in fact I am working for the American Christian Intelligence Network (ACIN!)... trying to make Muslims and Jews hate each other even more so they will all convert to Christianity and move Mars!
 
What makes you really go hmmmmm is Stuxnet. A very dangerous virus made by the US and Israeli government to target the Iranians, that then got loose on the net, dissected and is now being used by criminals and other nations intelligence agencies against... the US and Israel. THAT is a HMMMMMMMMM...

And the Iranians dont have the capacity or technical know how to attack the banking system.. a banking system they are dependent on themselves. If anything it is the mafia coming out of Russia and other eastern European countries.

Why wouldn't you think it was Chinese Hackers? Since they have broken into other systems we have already. Including the Pentagon.
 
Why wouldn't you think it was Chinese Hackers? Since they have broken into other systems we have already. Including the Pentagon.

Simple... the Chinese hackers are run by the state... they target other governments. These kind of attacks you are talking about, are attacks by people who want to steal money.. aka criminals. And here it is the Russians that are biggest player last I looked.

The Chinese have no reason .. in fact quite the opposite... to attack the US banks. Hell even the Iranians dont have any reason, since they need the international banking system to work.

And it does not exclude hackers from other countries.. Israel, US, UK and so on. Remember the worst virus out there is made by the US government and the Israeli government, and it is being used by criminals to get access to peoples bank accounts and similar for profit.
 
Why wouldn't you think it was Chinese Hackers? Since they have broken into other systems we have already. Including the Pentagon.

...has any evidence been presented to suggest it was China? Are you really asking why people aren't jumping to a conclusion that is 100% speculation?
 
...has any evidence been presented to suggest it was China? Are you really asking why people aren't jumping to a conclusion that is 100% speculation?

Hey it is the new boogie man... get with the program... Before 1939 it was the British Empire, then the Germans and Japanese from 1941 to 45, and then the Soviets from 45 to 89-92ish and then slowly from 1992 it became the Muslims and Al Q, and now that they are "defeated", then it is the Chinese that are next in line to be the boogieman followed by the Russians!
 
It is a flaw in Java which is almost plugged, so no.. if anything it is Oracle that is the problem aka an American company :)

I hate oracle anyways. Crappy anti-open source company.
 
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