Java issue may be

STEED · 04-07-14, 10:24 AM

Every so often I get a screen coming up here and only here so far on Subsims saying my java is out of date which I find odd as this is a new PC less than ten weeks old and I have never downloaded java on this PC. Anyone throw any light on this strange issue thanks.

BTW: Win8.1

STEED · 04-16-14, 09:10 AM

No takers?....Update, for the moment it has gone away and I hope it has for good.

Herr-Berbunch · 04-16-14, 09:35 AM

Two of the most commonly updated programs are Flash and Java. If you ever get a pop-up about installing these then go to the proper websites and dl from there and don't click the links.

Just being paranoid, but safe.

STEED · 04-16-14, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Two of the most commonly updated programs are Flash and Java. If you ever get a pop-up about installing these then go to the proper websites and dl from there and don't click the links.

Just being paranoid, but safe.

From what I understand Win8.1 dose not need java and as I have had no problems with my email I see no need unlike my old XP which did. I have got flash to watch YouTube and as you say go to the site for updates.

Strange that java message came up all over the screen here on subsims and never any where else, such is life.

Skybird · 04-16-14, 04:00 PM

Just to clearify this - you mean Java, not JacaScript, yes?

Java could have crept aboard along some other software you downloaded and which said software needs to run. Some games may be coded in Java, for example.

There is no reliable way to just switch Java off. It must be deinstalled.

To check whether Java is installed, you can try these three basic methods.

1. In command line interface, type "java -version". If that gives you information of any kind, then a java runtime environment is installed.

2. You can go to www.sun.com, somewhere there is an onlpine tool that can checkl and display which version you have installed, of so.

3. If it is Sun Java, I think I had it listed in the system-list of software that you use to deinstall software, when years ago I used Java.

Java is a big security hole. If you do not need it, get rid of it (and there is no argument at all for Windows PCs to use Java). I think in some browsers it can get installed by and in the browser. I would always opt against that.

Else, what Herr Berbunch said. Somehow, the kind of appearance it makes on your system smells fishy. How is your system security set up? How is your regular system maintenance?

Skybird · 04-16-14, 04:13 PM

http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

Careful that you do not install it when it is not present on your system.

04-07-14, 10:24 AM	#1
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Java issue may be Every so often I get a screen coming up here and only here so far on Subsims saying my java is out of date which I find odd as this is a new PC less than ten weeks old and I have never downloaded java on this PC. Anyone throw any light on this strange issue thanks. BTW: Win8.1 __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT! Last edited by STEED; 04-07-14 at 10:58 AM.

04-16-14, 09:10 AM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	No takers?....Update, for the moment it has gone away and I hope it has for good. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-16-14, 09:35 AM	#3
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Two of the most commonly updated programs are Flash and Java. If you ever get a pop-up about installing these then go to the proper websites and dl from there and don't click the links. Just being paranoid, but safe. __________________

04-16-14, 04:00 PM	#5
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,737 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Just to clearify this - you mean Java, not JacaScript, yes? Java could have crept aboard along some other software you downloaded and which said software needs to run. Some games may be coded in Java, for example. There is no reliable way to just switch Java off. It must be deinstalled. To check whether Java is installed, you can try these three basic methods. 1. In command line interface, type "java -version". If that gives you information of any kind, then a java runtime environment is installed. 2. You can go to www.sun.com, somewhere there is an onlpine tool that can checkl and display which version you have installed, of so. 3. If it is Sun Java, I think I had it listed in the system-list of software that you use to deinstall software, when years ago I used Java. Java is a big security hole. If you do not need it, get rid of it (and there is no argument at all for Windows PCs to use Java). I think in some browsers it can get installed by and in the browser. I would always opt against that. Else, what Herr Berbunch said. Somehow, the kind of appearance it makes on your system smells fishy. How is your system security set up? How is your regular system maintenance? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 04-16-14 at 04:11 PM.

04-16-14, 04:13 PM	#6
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,737 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp Careful that you do not install it when it is not present on your system. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.