US government tells computer users to disable Java, page 2


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reply posted on 11-1-2013 @ 09:49 PM by oniraug
Originally posted by WP4YT
DO IT NOW.

I was just browsing ATS, the only site I was browsing. And all of the sudden my computer rebooted and a screen came up saying my computer was locked. It had a US Department of Justice logo on it, saying that I have been found of pirating software, and looking at pictures of underage minors (WHICH I HAVE NOT, TO EITHER ONE!!) and requested that I paid $300 through some fishy looking Chinese payment system or I would go to prison if I did not pay the fine.

After restarting my computer several times and using windows boot disk, and doing safe mode it went away, and my antivirus detected it as a severe keylogger/trojan which it cleaned out. But seriously, how they heck did they do that by only me browsing ATS?

Seriously, disable JAVA. NOW.

Actually, as of typing this, I found this virus online:
blog.yoocare.com...

Even has images of what it does...


The only thing I can think of, is somehow JAVA caused it. I haven't downloaded anything in quite a while, at all. I only use my computer for browsing ATS and other political forums, and also doing graphic editing and 3D modelling.



Probably from a sketchy advertisement using something like this



Drive-by exploits, in which a user visits a website and then is sent to further sites to upload malware, are being used to target users with defence, foreign policy, and humanitarian interests, the Foundation said.

www.zdnet.com...

Do it people and try to avoid ever installing it again. Nothing but headaches and it's the only way I've been infected (at least an obvious infection) in years!
edit on 11-1-2013 by oniraug because: (no reason given)



reply posted on 11-1-2013 @ 10:21 PM by WP4YT
Originally posted by oniraug
Originally posted by WP4YT
DO IT NOW.

I was just browsing ATS, the only site I was browsing. And all of the sudden my computer rebooted and a screen came up saying my computer was locked. It had a US Department of Justice logo on it, saying that I have been found of pirating software, and looking at pictures of underage minors (WHICH I HAVE NOT, TO EITHER ONE!!) and requested that I paid $300 through some fishy looking Chinese payment system or I would go to prison if I did not pay the fine.

After restarting my computer several times and using windows boot disk, and doing safe mode it went away, and my antivirus detected it as a severe keylogger/trojan which it cleaned out. But seriously, how they heck did they do that by only me browsing ATS?

Seriously, disable JAVA. NOW.

Actually, as of typing this, I found this virus online:
blog.yoocare.com...

Even has images of what it does...


The only thing I can think of, is somehow JAVA caused it. I haven't downloaded anything in quite a while, at all. I only use my computer for browsing ATS and other political forums, and also doing graphic editing and 3D modelling.



Probably from a sketchy advertisement using something like this



Drive-by exploits, in which a user visits a website and then is sent to further sites to upload malware, are being used to target users with defence, foreign policy, and humanitarian interests, the Foundation said.

www.zdnet.com...

Do it people and try to avoid ever installing it again. Nothing but headaches and it's the only way I've been infected (at least an obvious infection) in years!
edit on 11-1-2013 by oniraug because: (no reason given)

must be from an ad, i think you are right

my antiviral program said it was in my fire fox cache where the virus was located. amazing how it was able to restart my computer without running any command lines



reply posted on 12-1-2013 @ 05:59 AM by MoonChild02
reply to post by Lucas73


You're using IE? I can tell you with 100% certainty that not even Microsoft developers use IE. It's that bad of a browser. They advertise it because it's a Microsoft product, but they don't trust it, even though it's their own software. Install Firefox or Chrome, and use that instead.

Besides, there are many other vulnerabilities in IE, other than not being able to disable Java, that aren't there in other browsers. For one, Microsoft has a non-tracking code enabled by default, but advertisers banned together against it, under their title of the Association of National Advertisers, saying they would not comply, and would purposely go out of their way to exploit anyone who uses IE, but leave users of other browsers alone, even when people use Do Not Track and other programs, simply because of this. They said that they had a right to know our information (even though they really don't), that we do not have the right to not be tracked (which is BULL) and people need to opt-out of being tracked/targeted, not opt-in, because otherwise they can't make money.

In other words, by using IE, you are setting yourself up to be targeted and tracked. Please do yourself a favor and change browsers, then install Do Not Track or a similar browser add-on. Mozilla Firefox is completely free, and since it is open-source but private, it is the safest browser out there currently. I don't trust Google enough to install their software (at least not on my laptop where I do my actual web-surfing).
edit on 12-1-2013 by MoonChild02 because: none



reply posted on 12-1-2013 @ 01:58 PM by daaskapital
Originally posted by MoonChild02
reply to post by daaskapital


Java and Javascript are two completely different and separate languages, developed by two different companies. There is no need to disable Javascript, just Java.


Ah, thanks heaps mate!!!


reply posted on 13-1-2013 @ 12:09 PM by Elohimsciences
Originally posted by Itaska
reply to post by fnpmitchreturns


I trust what the USA government says on this. After all, what would they have to gain by telling a lie? So I disabled Java in all my browsers and then I deleted all Java from the computer - it took me about 2 hours because I don't know computer stuff good, but it is all done. When I am sure Java has made correct the security problems than I might reinstall it.

So we should give the high sign to the USA government for helping us with a warning on it....

edit on 11-1-2013 by Itaska because: smile


This is sarcasm right? I mean to say I think your joking, I hope.
I haven't read to much about this as I think it is simply ridiculous. This message is clearly targeted at users who have no idea how their computers or the net run or communicate at all.
JAVA is one of many languages, but is one of the simplest and also one of the main ones used. I think JAVA powers about 15% of the net, or somewhere around there,( so you just blocked yourself out from a good portion of the web, good job). They teach it to 16 years as part of regular high school computer science curriculum.
Interestingly none of the Govt. friendly sites like Facebook or any Microsoft ones. About a third of all traffic on the not so popular with the Govt., Google is hitting Java though.
Not quite sure why JAVA is so vulnerable or dangerous being as other languages such as xtml ones are just as simple, and as widely known or more.
edit on 13-1-2013 by Elohimsciences because: I meant top put a response under the quaote
edit on 13-1-2013 by Elohimsciences because: typo

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