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 ...

Sun Microsystems chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy (left) shakes hands with Java founder James Gosling at the 2009 Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks.

Lest you think disabling Java in your browser is too extreme a step, consider that both Apple and Mozilla responded to the latest vulnerability by essentially doing just that.

Mozilla must have seen the news this week: Security companies are recommending you disable Java, or just uninstall it. The organization is recommending the same to its Firefox users: At this time ...

TechLogon describes its quest to disable Java in IE. The site admin found that killing all Oracle add-ons (the procedure I suggested last week) didn’t stop Java. Disabling third-party browser ...

Another zero-day exploit of the ubiquitous Java run-time environment has security experts once again calling for enterprises to disable it in user browsers. The exploit is available on a members ...

Disable Java now! Java is a cross-platform language that's been mightily abused by hackers. With new security bugs being discovered week after week, many experts advise everyone to simply disable ...

Should I Disable it? Chances are, you don't even need the Java browser plug-in. To disable Java in your browser, head to your browser's plug-in page.

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.

Java used to be deeply embedded in OS X, but in recent versions of the OS it's an optional install. Here is how to check to see if it is installed, and how to disable or remove it.

Last month, I wrote about how Microsoft told its users to update Java or kill it. This week, a new 0-day vulnerability in Sun’s software is pushing security companies to do the same, with one ...