Now is the time to disable Java in your web browser, or even remove it from your system if that is practical. Why? The bad guys are hard at work trying to exploit a zero day vulnerability in the ...

Below are instructions for unplugging Java from whatever Web browser you may use to surf the Web. These instructions were originally posted as a how-to in response to this piece: Zero-Day Java ...

Oracle Corp. today released an update for its Java SE software that fixes at least 42 security flaws in the widely-installed program and associated browser plugin.

Step 4: To turn off the Java Runtime in all of your browsers, from inside the Java Control Panel, click or tap on the Security tab, then deselect the box marked Enable Java Content in the Browser.

Do you still have Java turned on in your web browser? If your answer is “Yes” or “I’m not sure” then it’s time to take action.

Check the Enabled option to permit the latest Java Runtime version. Click on OK button to apply the setting changes. Click OK in Java Control Panel to confirm the changes.

This will bring up a new tab. Find the item on the list that reads just plain “Java” and click below it where it says “Disable” in blue. Restart your browser.

For those who refuse to part with Java--even until Oracle issues a fix for the latest exploitable bug--researchers Andre Di Mino and Mila Parkour have created their own patch for the vulnerability ...

Click OK in Java Control Panel to confirm the changes. Now run the Java program embedded in the web browser (applet) to verify if the latest version of Java is installed in your computer.

Researchers say a bug in the latest version of Java circumvents the security controls Oracle added to the programming language last year.