Protect your computer better by keeping Java updated, or eradicate it completely. Yasin Soliman explains.

Microsoft is offering advice on how to protect yourself from Java-based malware. The instructions are simple: either update it, disable it, or just uninstall it completely.

Oracle's newly released Java 7 runtime is relatively painless to install and uninstall.

Do you have Java installed on your Mac? Well, you might want to rethink that decision, thanks to adware bundled with the latest Mac OS X installer from Oracle.