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 means that 9 out of 10 computers with Java installed can be compromised should users click on the wrong link, or visit legitimate websites that have been hacked to incorporate the malicious code.

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