The Java browser plugin, which allows certain applications to run in your browser, is being retired later this year. It was a common security vulnerability.

Next week's Patch Tuesday updates will include a much-needed fix for Internet Explorer, blocking outdated versions of the Java ActiveX control and closing one of the most popular vectors for ...

Oracle has finally announced its intent to nail the coffin shut on its Java browser plugin.

Oracle's Java plugin for browsers is a notoriously insecure product. Over the past 18 months, the company has released 11 updates, six of them containing critical security fixes. With each update ...

This month's Patch Tuesday update for Internet Explorer will include a new feature: it will block out-of-date ActiveX controls. More specifically, it will block out-of-date versions of the Java ...

Computer users are being advised by security experts to disable Oracle Corp’s widely used Java software after a security flaw was discovered in the past day that they say hackers are exploiting to ...

Method 2: Deleting the registry settings Some users have reported that deleting the registry keys of Java Plugin 2 SSV helper and ThreadingModel will prevent Internet Explorer (or any other browser) ...

The much-maligned Java browser plugin, source of so many security flaws over the years, is to be killed off by Oracle. It will not be mourned. Oracle, which acquired Java as part of its 2010 ...