Joan- The problem is that most of the time the way the Java applets infect a computer does not trigger any alert in a current AV program. The infection enters through a vulnerability in JAVA. JAVA is safe to use for local programs that might require it ON YOUR COMPUTER but it really isn't safe to have it enabled in ANY Web browser you use. It is very easy to disable in Web browsers and you could quickly and easily enable it if you DO find it is needed for a particular function...but frankly after everything I've read I wouldn't trust it in a Web browser and since I've disabled JAVA I haven't missed it one bit. I had one person tell me they have to keep it enabled because they do ALL their online banking with a bank that uses JAVA for all functions. Yikes! No wonder about 50% of Internet ID theft is through JAVA vulnerabilities if a bank is still using JAVA. I wouldn't trust AV software for this ... heck, if Facebook and Apple, Inc. can get hit through these vulnerabilities you know just being a techie and keeping things current (or trusting a Mac OS) isn't good enough this time. Joan In a message dated 2/23/2013 4:22:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jasche45133@gmail.com writes: You can eliminate most java infection problems by in Windows by going to Control Panel > Java > Settings and uncheck the box that says 'Keep temporary files on my computer' whenever I've had Java infections it has always been in the java temporary files. Java still works. Using it this way I have never had an Antivirus/Malware programs pick up infections. Joan Asche

Disabling wouldn't work for gamers -- seems like you need it to play some online games. I've always had good luck with malwarebites it seems to do a good job of picking removing any infections when running a scan. I've never had any infections with box unchecked under Java. Joan On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:46 PM, <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > Joan- > > The problem is that most of the time the way the Java applets infect a > computer does not trigger any alert in a current AV program. The infection > enters through a vulnerability in JAVA. JAVA is safe to use for local > programs that might require it ON YOUR COMPUTER but it really isn't safe to > have it enabled in ANY Web browser you use. It is very easy to disable in > Web browsers and you could quickly and easily enable it if you DO find it is > needed for a particular function...but frankly after everything I've read I > wouldn't trust it in a Web browser and since I've disabled JAVA I haven't > missed it one bit. > > I had one person tell me they have to keep it enabled because they do ALL > their online banking with a bank that uses JAVA for all functions. Yikes! No > wonder about 50% of Internet ID theft is through JAVA vulnerabilities if a > bank is still using JAVA. > > I wouldn't trust AV software for this ... heck, if Facebook and Apple, Inc. > can get hit through these vulnerabilities you know just being a techie and > keeping things current (or trusting a Mac OS) isn't good enough this time. > > Joan > > In a message dated 2/23/2013 4:22:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > jasche45133@gmail.com writes: > > You can eliminate most java infection problems by in Windows by going > to Control Panel > Java > Settings and uncheck the box that says 'Keep > temporary files on my computer' whenever I've had Java infections it > has always been in the java temporary files. Java still works. Using > it this way I have never had an Antivirus/Malware programs pick up > infections. > > Joan Asche >