Attention: Reminder to disable JAVA before visiting offers

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Created: 2012-08-31 18:11:51
nituvious
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reply date: 2012-08-31 18:11:52 last edited on: 2012-08-31 18:14:07


There was a rather large exploit uncovered a few days ago that allows malware to be installed on your computer by browsing to infected websites.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/31/3281497/oracle-java-exploit-patch
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-31/oracle-fixes-java-exploits-four-months-after-hacker-flagged-bugs

If you were not aware of this major issue you should immediately run your anti virus and do a full scan.

[Edit] can a moderator change the title to "Attention: Reminder to disable JAVA before visiting offers"
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reply date: 2012-08-31 21:08:30


Your thread has been moved to Offer Discussion and title renamed.
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