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Intego notes that the publicity could drive hackers to quickly attempt to exploit the vulnerability before Apple releases a patch.

You mean the publicity you yourselves, Intego, are generating?

Java Applet

Um,

Does anyone use Java Applets anymore? I mean with FLASH and AJAX, plus server side scripting, I have not run across a Java Applet in over two years.

Re: so and applet

You mean the publicity you yourselves, Intego, are generating?

Right. It's all Intego's fault. Because we know that hackers have no other communications methods of sharing information. They just wait for the virus companies to let them know of vulnerabilities.

Does anyone use Java Applets anymore?

What does that have to do with anything? Last I checked, Safari will load the java plug-in when its requested, not through user action. Thus, go to malicious web page, java app loads, boom, your infected (or whatever the concern is here).

Tuestudo gets it

You are right testudo in criticising the idiots on here who have no clue and who think hackers just wiat around for these press releases. Hackers are more real-time than most would want to know The script kiddies wait for security company releases. The security companies wait for the white-hat hackers to speak up. I know of 3 fairly critical flaws in OS X right now that Apple has yet to fix for literally 2 years or more. I even showed a cute chick at the apple store how to own her bosses laptop and still nothing. I am pretty sure we are not the only ones who know about the flaws either. (we meaning my team). People need to keep aware and turn the smug faces off. I also have no clue why people vote you down when what you say is usually very logical and true. I guess apologists cant stand to have a voice of reason as opposed to choir speeches. Keep it up!

Turn Java Off

Turn off Java support in your web browser preferences. You don't need Java most of the time, and you will get a notice to turn it on if a Java applet needs to run. Gruber at daringfireball.com pointed a link to a demo of the vulnerability today. I tried it; it worked; I immediately turned off Java support in my browsers.

hmmm

And do you notice that the normal spate of "Oh, OS X is just so secure! These are bogus!" commenters are extremely quiet. Oh, right, they don't like to talk during real threats. They just ignore them and speak up the next time someone reports a possible security hole...