Wy does Java want to update every day??

brightonman123

Is it a hackers target? or poorly written, they have to keep doing fixes..

Kendall80

brightonman123 wrote: »

Is it a hackers target? or poorly written, they have to keep doing fixes..

The former. Java is an oft used route to get malware etc on to your system.

If you dont need it i'd suggest disabling/removing it.

tronator

brightonman123 wrote: »

Is it a hackers target? or poorly written, they have to keep doing fixes..

I think it is a mix of both.

Most people won't need Java installed at all. Do you know if you really need it? If not, uninstall it. If you're not sure, you could uninstall it too and see whether any software complains about the missing Java. Then you can re-install the latest Java.

Jivesinger

Do you mean literally every day? If so then something isn't right. Is the update actually completing?

I use a laptop which does have Java on it (because of a software package which specifically requires it) and while it asks me to update every month or so, it certainly isn't every day.

forgotmyname

Use firefox and noscript. It stops sites automatically running it.

Its OK them saying remove it, but so many websites still use it.

Do you know all the scripts this site runs and other websites it links to?

googletagmanager, google-analytics, chartbeat, visualwebsiteoptimizer, googleapis.

Facebook is as bad and Photobucket.

Strider590

If its every day, then it could be the last installation failed.

Go here:

https://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

To test what version you have, ONLY trust the genuine Java website.

paddyrg

forgotmyname wrote: »

Use firefox and noscript. It stops sites automatically running it.

Its OK them saying remove it, but so many websites still use it.

Do you know all the scripts this site runs and other websites it links to?

googletagmanager, google-analytics, chartbeat, visualwebsiteoptimizer, googleapis.

Facebook is as bad and Photobucket.

I don't think that many sites actually do use it, certainly it's not a requirement for any of the Google sites you mentioned. Are you sure you don't mean JavaScript (which is entirely different and widely used)? Java-reliant plugins on web sites have been more or less extinct for absolutely years - yes there's one specific tiny corner of the formula 1 website etc., but most people won't meet a Java plugin in a year of general browsing.

wongataa

Kendall80 wrote: »

The former. Java is an oft used route to get malware etc on to your system.

If you dont need it i'd suggest disabling/removing it.

If you do need Java for something on your computer but not the web you can just disable the web bit in the Java settings.

Very little stuff on the web needs Java so doing this is unlikely to have any impact on web use.

bod1467

forgotmyname wrote: »

Use firefox and noscript. It stops sites automatically running it.

Its OK them saying remove it, but so many websites still use it.

Do you know all the scripts this site runs and other websites it links to?

googletagmanager, google-analytics, chartbeat, visualwebsiteoptimizer, googleapis.

Facebook is as bad and Photobucket.

You are confusing Java with JavaSCRIPT. OP is talking about the Java runtime; you are talking about client-side scripting in the web browser.

onomatopoeia99

The Java runtime is updated four times a year, Sun moved to this model after complaints that it seemed to be always updating itself. Occasionally there are vulnerabilities discovered that are considered so important to fix that a patch is pushed immediately, in addition to the regular schedule.

You should not be seeing java updates every day at present, so the updater would appear to be failing.

brightonman123

when I do go to update, it says I already have latest version installed.. cant find any way to turn off these alerts.. grrr