Flaw in Java affects Internet Explorer and Firefox

A defect in Sun’s widely used Java Runtime Environment could allow an attacker to take control of a user’s computer. Java is used for many applications including web site applets that run within most popular browsers.  Java has to date been singularly free of security problems, but the recently discovered flaw has been deemed "critical." Sun has acknowledged the problem and advises all users to download the latest version of Java Runtime Environment, V1.4.2_06, which fixes the problem. http://jouko.iki.fi/adv/javaplugin.html <= advisory http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html <= 14.9MB download

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