Today, when I was in the plugin section of Firefox, I checked to see if my plugins were up to date. All were except for "Java Applet Plugin" (version 13.9.7). So I clicked on "Update now" this brought me to the Oracle website, and showed me Java downloads for Mac, but only showed Java 7 for 10.7.3 and above. Should I worry about updating this plugin, or should I leave it. Or should I even disable it?
Please help!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Java Applet Plugin
Apple will automatically update if necessary; however, unless a site you frequent demands Java, you can simply disable it as it is rife with problems and security issues. I turned off Java about a year ago and have never been prompted for it, so obviously the sites I visit do not require it.
Apple will automatically update if necessary; however, unless a site you frequent demands Java, you can simply disable it as it is rife with problems and security issues. I turned off Java about a year ago and have never been prompted for it, so obviously the sites I visit do not require it.
if you don't use java then I would disable it
personally my netbank rely on it so I have to keep it enabled in at least the browser I use for netbank
otherwise I would disable it and have in my main browser
This plug in is widely used on a lot of programs and on the internet, it is safe and i would update it or you might not be able to do things on the internet
Okay, but does apple take care of updating through software update? Because I don't know how to update it.
The latest update is here. Manually DL and install it.
Thanks for your help, but I already have this update installed. I deleted Firefox, and started using Safari again.
Thanks for your help though!
What is Java Applet Plugin?
