Java 19 .... Problems

Phone Man · 15 Apr 2010

Here is more information on this.
It looks like 1.6.0_20 fixes the problem but the second article which is a translation from German is not 100% sure but it seams the exploit is now blocked. But he recommends a little extra at the bottom of the article. I have disabled the Toolkit plugin in FF and see no problems loading Web sites, so I will leave it disabled for now.

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I did notice that the update left the old version of the Toolkit in the FF plugins, (as mentioned in the article) so I uninstalled Java and then reinstalled and FF is clean now.

Jim

LADYPINKtomato1 · 15 Apr 2010

Phone Man said:

Here is more information on this.
It looks like 1.6.0_20 fixes the problem but the second article which is a translation from German is not 100% sure but it seams the exploit is now blocked. But he recommends a little extra at the bottom of the article. I have disabled the Toolkit plugin in FF and see no problems loading Web sites, so I will leave it disabled for now.

Oracle releases emergency security patch for Java ? The Register

Google Translate

I did notice that the update left the old version of the Toolkit in the FF plugins, (as mentioned in the article) so I uninstalled Java and then reinstalled and FF is clean now.

Jim

Jim hello.. thank you.. mine seems to be working fine.. I'll be a bit careful until we get the all clear.. on this..
I un-installed ..Java version.. 6.19 from both of my pc.. the desktop and the laptop.. did a clean install on each.. rebooted.. I hope this takes good care of us now... I have no idea how to disable the Toolkit you mentioned.... so I'm going with the new version .. Crossed fingers.. this will be all we need to do.
Thanks so much again.. about the new info.:)

Phone Man · 15 Apr 2010

LADYPINKtomato1 said:

Phone Man said:

Here is more information on this.
It looks like 1.6.0_20 fixes the problem but the second article which is a translation from German is not 100% sure but it seams the exploit is now blocked. But he recommends a little extra at the bottom of the article. I have disabled the Toolkit plugin in FF and see no problems loading Web sites, so I will leave it disabled for now.

Oracle releases emergency security patch for Java ? The Register

Google Translate

I did notice that the update left the old version of the Toolkit in the FF plugins, (as mentioned in the article) so I uninstalled Java and then reinstalled and FF is clean now.

Jim

Jim hello.. thank you.. mine seems to be working fine.. I'll be a bit careful until we get the all clear.. on this..
I un-installed ..Java version.. 6.19 from both of my pc.. the desktop and the laptop.. did a clean install on each.. rebooted.. I hope this takes good care of us now... I have no idea how to disable the Toolkit you mentioned.... so I'm going with the new version .. Crossed fingers.. this will be all we need to do.
Thanks so much again.. about the new info.:)

If you are using Firefox go to Tools , Add-ons, Plugins and all your plugins should be listed and there is a Disable button for each one. In IE go to Tools, Manage Add-ons. I don't think it is necessary after you update to 1.6.0_20. My main consern was it left the 1.6.0_19 plugin in FF after the update, so I uninstalled and then reinstalled to clear it up.

Jim