Every once in awhile a security exploit comes along that gives you cause to be a little more careful than usual when on the computer. Recently a Java zero-day exploit was discovered that has the potential to, among other things, slave your computer to a botnet. The vulnerability will no doubt be fixed soon, but in the mean time you should take the necessary precautions. The easiest thing you can do in this situation is to just disable the Java plugin on your browser. Any and every browser is possibly vulnerable, so we put together a list of how to do this on each of the major browsers.
Internet Explorer 9
For modern versions of Microsoft?s Internet Explorer, all you will need to do is click on the gear icon just under the X in the top right and select Internet Options from the menu that will appear. The window that pops up will have seven tabs across the top. Look for the Programs tab to the far right of the page. The second option on the page that will appear includes a button that says Manage add-ons. Clicking this will open a third window listing all of the add-ons you currently have.
Scroll down in this list until you see Java(tm) Plug-In. You will likely see it listed twice. Next to the name it will list the Status. If the status is Disabled, you don?t need to do anything. If the Status is enabled, click the add-on. A new field will appear below that prompts you to disable the plugin. Click Disable for each of the Java add-ons and close all of the Internet Explorer windows.
Safari
There are no current examples of this exploit targeting OS X, but it would be possible for it to do so. To disable Java on Safari click the settings icon on the top panel of Safari to pop up the Settings menu. From the row of icons that appear across the top, select the padlock icon labeled Security. Under the Web content settings, make sure that Enable Java is unchecked. If the box is already unchecked, you don?t need to do anything else. If the box needs to be unchecked, restart Safari after you uncheck the box.
Firefox
Click on the Home icon at the top right of Firefox to be taken to the main Firefox menu. At the bottom of this page you will see the Settings icon. Clicking this will pop open the Options menu. At the bottom of the General Options you will see Manage Add-ons. Click this to pop open the add-ons menu. Click the Plugins tab on the left hand side to be shown all of the current and active plugins. Scroll down this list until you see the Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U4 plugin. Click Disable to stop this plugin, and if it is already disabled than close this window.
Chrome
From anywhere in chrome click on the URL bar at the top and type in chrome://settings/content and press Enter. Chrome will take you straight to the content settings for the browser. scroll down until you find Plug-ins. From here you can choose Click to play, Block all, or Disable individual plug-ins. Any of these three would be acceptable solutions, but for the sake of completion let?s click on Deisable individual plug-ins.
Locate the Java plugin from the list and make sure the add-on is disabled. If it is already disabled, close this tab and continue browsing. If you have to disable the add-on, restart Chrome entirely.
Over the next few days, whenever this vulnerability is resolved, your browser will notify you of an update that will fix this issue. In some cases, while we wait for a fix, some browsers may take measures to keep you protected. Read every pop up or warning that comes from your browser until this vulnerability has been fixed. Keep your browser as up to date as possible, and if you use antivirus software make sure you are running it regularly.
Source: http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/how-to-disable-java-on-everything-20120828/
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