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    Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    Just got this notice. It's been around since Thursday. I had one blip today where my browser just froze and I had to reboot. I'm not sure if this is on topic but it poses a good question as to how secure our systems are during testing. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-...java-software/

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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    i read about it and heard about it,watched the video on your link and do not care about it.
    we do not have java installed so no worries!
    you can go here: http://javatester.org/version.html to find out wether you have java installed or not,this are my plugins:
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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    You might also look here:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2104048

    After a bit of looking I'm not worried

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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    @kuvanito, I went the site you linked to in Firefox, and at the top of the page, it asks to install a missing java plugin.

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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    yes .. it's enabled by default in preference>content> - but I disabled it just to test.
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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    Quote Originally Posted by kuvanito View Post
    i read about it and heard about it,watched the video on your link and do not care about it.
    we do not have java installed so no worries!
    you can go here: http://javatester.org/version.html to find out wether you have java installed or not,this are my plugins:
    preferences>content> from <edit> tab on FF

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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    Avast working like a charm in 13.04
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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    Quote Originally Posted by ventrical View Post
    yes .. it's enabled by default in preference>content> - but I disabled it just to test.
    AFAIK, java and javascript are two different things and unrelated things

    And gnome-shell is written in javascript, should I avoid using gnome-shell?
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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    I neither have the java plugin installed no do I have 'java' enabled in my browser. Two different things? There was this program 'S' like a snake .. I ferget ... it was a javascript protector .. it was in the security discussions.

    Oh w3ll.. looks like not too many are concerned about security threats to linux. Maybe that's a good thing.

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    Re: Malware currently attacking windows/linux

    I'm far from being a security guru but I was curious so I ran "java -version":

    Code:
    lance@lance-desktop:~$ java -version
    The program 'java' can be found in the following packages:
     * default-jre
     * gcj-4.6-jre-headless
     * openjdk-6-jre-headless
     * gcj-4.5-jre-headless
     * openjdk-7-jre-headless
    Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>
    NO! I don't want to install it, just checking thanks

    Then I saw this at WebUpd8 this AM:

    http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/oracl...7u11.html#more

    But I'd bet that Canonical will have updates available pronto for those who do have it installed

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