Old, buggy versions of the Java plugin have long been used as an exploit vector, with Microsoft's own security report fingering Java in 84.6 to 98.5 percent of detected exploit kits (bundles of ...

To disable Java plugin on Internet Explorer you can use the Add-ons manager to disable Java (tm) Plug-in 2 SSV Helper and Sun Microsystems Deployment Toolkit. But this does not actually suffice.

Firefox, for example, has a blocked plugins list that includes Java plugin 7 update earlier than 44 and Java Plugin 6 updates earlier than 45. Google Chrome introduced a similar blocklist in 2011.

To view our interactive tools properly, you need to be using a Java-enabled browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer v. 3 or above, or Netscape v. 3 or above), preferably on a Windows 95 and higher ...

The Java Plug-in also provides a great benefit to developers deploying applications through Web Start, which we’ll discuss later. Installation of the Java Plug-in through an Internet Explorer ...

Java's unloved browser plug-in is finally being phased out. With Flash also headed for the dustbin, user security should significantly improve -- provided, of course, that people don't leave the ...

With Internet Explorer and Safari the only browsers set to still accept traditional NPAPI plug-ins after 2016, Oracle is pretty much forced into this decision, even though Chrome does support a ...

Microsoft announced yesterday that it will soon roll out an Internet Explorer update that will automatically block old, insecure ActiveX controls. Dubbed out-of-date ActiveX control blocking, the ...