Another day, another Zero Day, Java this time, seems to be general concensus is to uninstall it if possible for your situation, I haven't seen anything one way or the other if Firefox + NoScript is vulnerable or not, or if Chrome is vulnerable or not.
I would think that Firefox with NoScript would offer some protection, but I don't have the correct expertise to know or test that myself currently.
Would welcome any info yes or no about Firefox+NoScript and/or Google Chrome and this Zero Day.
How To Disable Java in Browsers:
How To Disable Java in Google
Chrome: enter
chrome://plugins/ in location bar (where URL's go,
NOTE: you can
Bookmark chrome://plugins/ so you don't have to manually type it in future), then click Disable. See
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/how-to-disable-java-chrome/ for illustrations/screenshots.
How To Disable Java in
Firefox: Go to Add Ons (or Tools then Add Ons depending on your OS), click the Add Ons Tab, Disable Java. See
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/how-to-disable-java-firefox/ for Screenshots.
How To Disable Java on
IE (
Internet Explorer), I haven't used IE in so many years, I am not going to write anything, just go to
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/how-to-disable-java-internet-explorer/ for clear instructions with Screenshots, I think it is easier just to uninstall Java if your using IE, but I don't trust my memory on IE, because it has been so long since I used it.
How to Disable Java in
Safari: Easily done, go to Preferences in Safari, Select Security, Uncheck Java. Again for Screenshots see
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/how-to-disable-java-safari/
Honestly I reccomend leaving it disabled, all my Browsers have had it disabled for a long time, I have not noticed any problems.
I recommend the same for Javascript.
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