apothecare Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Hi, over the past few days I am getting a popup window that interrupts my browsing to inform me that my Java installation is out of date, and that I should click on the link provided to obtain a newer version the links direct to NEWESTJAVA-DOWNLOAD.COM, which as far as I can tell is NOT associated with Oracle or any other legit Java project My concern is that it could lure people to a site that then convinces them to share login info or introduces a drive-by Trojan I have notified Java right away but got no response, so wondered if anyone else is seeing this issue? Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I think you are correct apothecare. Take a look at the item second down from the top: https://www.google.ca/search?q=NEWESTJAVA-DOWNLOAD.COM,+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=7_d0UtOZG4XA2QWsqoGYBQ Regards, Hawk Link to post Share on other sites
Juliet Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 If you like to update Java, use the update button from the application itself. Or, Delete the Java you have and go to the download page Java SE 7u45 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html Link to post Share on other sites
apothecare Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Thanks for the input folks, that certainly confirms my suspicion.... Just a bit peeved that Oracle isn't saying anything about this, it is their user base at risk and stuff like this just pushes more people away from Java in the browser to HTML 5 Oh, and when I looked at that page at mitechmate.com, the solution that they give is not entirely correct...it looks like a machine generated list of possible files and registry entries but some of the paths given only exist in WinXP and many of the file names are placeholders I would be very wary of deleting some of the items that are on that list (assuming you can find them on your computer) Link to post Share on other sites
Juliet Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Oh, and when I looked at that page at mitechmate.com, the solution that they give is not Web of Trust warns this site as red risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware or send spam. Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Web of Trust warns this site as red risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware or send spam. I am getting the same reading Juliet. I did not mean to enter the site but rather what the preamble to what the site said about the popup. Regards, Hawk Link to post Share on other sites
Juliet Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 your fine! Link to post Share on other sites
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