<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The statement is misleading/confusing. It disables the browser plugin for java. That is the ability to run a Java applet.<div><br></div><div>This problem is not particular to Macs. It affects all browsers with the vulnerable Java plugin on all OSes.<br><div><br></div><div>I've disabled mine and have no problems running Java desktop applications or even web start programs (other than the problem).<br><div><br></div><div>When Java is not present and a Java desktop application is started, it will prompt the user to do an automatic download and install of Oracle's Java.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that clarifies.</div><div><br></div><div>In Him,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DM<br><div><br><div><div>On Feb 19, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Chris Burrell <<a href="mailto:chris@burrell.me.uk">chris@burrell.me.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;line-height:18px;margin:0px 0px 18px;padding:0px;font-size:1.077em;clear:left">I came across this which may be of interest to people here.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;line-height:18px;margin:0px 0px 18px;padding:0px;font-size:1.077em;clear:left">FYI, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21510791">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21510791</a></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;line-height:18px;margin:0px 0px 18px;padding:0px;font-size:1.077em;clear:left">Apple said it had taken measures to protect users from vulnerabilities in Java, a widely-used programming language that was found to have serious security flaws.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;line-height:18px;margin:0px 0px 18px;padding:0px;font-size:1.077em;clear:left">"Since OS X Lion, Macs have shipped without Java installed, and as an added security measure OS X automatically disables Java if it has been unused for 35 days," the company said.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;line-height:18px;margin:0px 0px 18px;padding:0px;font-size:1.077em;clear:left">"To protect Mac users that have installed Java, today we are releasing an updated Java malware removal tool that will check Mac systems and remove this malware if found."</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helmet,Freesans,sans-serif;line-height:18px;margin:0px 0px 18px;padding:0px;font-size:1.077em;clear:left"><br></p></div>
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