Re: trackandfieldnews.com | malware issue [fixed]

[Conor Dary]

What browser do you use?

If Firefox, go to tools at the top of the browser, then options, then content. And then unclick java.

[guru]

tandfman - On Windows -

Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall a program

Once your program list populates look for anything under "Java" or "Oracle". Delete it - chances are these days you really dont need it anyway.

[tandfman]

Aha! Thank you, guru. I'm on my laptop now and I see that I have Java 6 installed. But from what I've read, the problem seems to be with Java 7 and later versions, so I'm going to do nothing. I'll check my desktop later, but that computer is even older than my laptop and probably does not have Java 7.

[guru]

Aha! Thank you, guru. I'm on my laptop now and I see that I have Java 6 installed. But from what I've read, the problem seems to be with Java 7 and later versions, so I'm going to do nothing. I'll check my desktop later, but that computer is even older than my laptop and probably does not have Java 7.

No, no, no! Java 7 fixed a Java 6 security threat, before it had it's own issues. If you have Java 6 you're doubly exposed.

http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/11/ ... 7-blocked/

Update 6 and below had been blocklisted already due to other vulnerabilities.

[Pego]

Aha! Thank you, guru. I'm on my laptop now and I see that I have Java 6 installed. But from what I've read, the problem seems to be with Java 7 and later versions, so I'm going to do nothing. I'll check my desktop later, but that computer is even older than my laptop and probably does not have Java 7.

No, no, no! Java 7 fixed a Java 6 security threat, before it had it's own issues. If you have Java 6 you're doubly exposed.

http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/11/ ... 7-blocked/

Update 6 and below had been blocklisted already due to other vulnerabilities.

I listened and got rid of it.

[KDFINE]

The Malware nonsense is back at it again.

[bushop]

It's back.

Last time this happened I continued on to T&F News discussion threads dozens of times with no ill effects.

[gh]

what's back? a google warning?

[jamboy]

Yes(google chrome). I chose to ignore it but it told me to enter at my own risk.

[gh]

hmm... I'm not getting on my Mac w/ either Safari, Firefox or Chrome.

[Pego]

I got it twice in a row, closed it and after returning 1/2 hr. later, no more.

[bushop]

what's back? a google warning?

Yes... Macbook Pro in Chrome.
No longer seeing it.

[jeremyp]

Meaning??