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Java extremely important update

Myantispyware team August 30, 2006    

Sun has released a fresh update for Java Runtime Environment. This is an extremely important update. JRE has long been used to install malware as it contains numerous vulnerabilities which allow remote code execution. Another important factor is that JRE works with all web browsers. This means that a vulnerability in JRE will affect all browsers.

The most serious issue in JRE has finally been fixed. The problem with previous JRE releases was that they didn’t prevent a Java applet from calling earlier JRE versions. As previous JRE versions aren’t uninstalled automatically this creates a very dangerous situation. If machines have the latest version of JRE, but older versions haven’t been manually uninstalled the machines are still vulnerable.

So install the latest update ASAP. Read the article How to update Java.

There have been reports in the past that the updater in the Java Control Panel will say that the latest version is present, even though it’s not. So double check that you have the latest version!

P.S. If you uninstall all the older versions you’ll probably free up quite a lot of space on your hard disk.

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