is java applet a trojan?

jasonrat

hi just doing online scans and have found out that my java applet has a trojan in it. is this malicous? i downloaded from sun microsystems and its embedded so cant remove it. any help would be most grateful

woo

i have seen that reported too on an older version of the jre, but not on the latest one.
i would delete it an reinstall it.

devils_advocate

I've found a few trojans in Java in the past. The quickest way to delete them is to run ccleaner, and it tidies up the rest of your machine.

jasonrat

i did run cc cleaner but they were embedded so had to remove them . now need to try and find another java that would install on my comp i know i had trouble finding one last time

pchelpman

Any system can be infected with trojans. Java itself ...? May be rare but not unheard of.

Best option is to uninstall/remove Java completely (including older versions) using uninstaller and/or "add/remove programs" then reinstall.

Links ....

http://java.sun.com/

http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

Let us know how you get on.

PCH