PSA for Java devs -- critical security patch released for Java Runtime Environment

[Jon Stratis]

What they're posting makes sense... to protect yourself against any vulnerabilities in any specific piece of software, stop using it! For example, to protect yourself against future vulnerabilities in Windows (and we've all seen enough of those to know there will be some in the future), install a different OS.

The fact is, you shouldn't have something available to be exploited if you aren't using it, and protection goes way beyond just uninstalling or disabling something. Otherwise, everyone would have ditched Windows back in the 90's.

As far as it goes, I have personally never had an issue caused by a java vulnerability. I've had ones caused by Windows vulnerabilities before, tons of them. But never Java.

The best solution for keeping yourself safe is to keep your antivirus up to date, and keep all of your software patched. If you keep things patched, then you usually don't have to worry much about exploits - the exploit is patched quickly after it's discovered (like this Java one was), and thus stops being an issue.

And F22Rapture, can you post the source for your images?