Fake Java Update Crashes Illustrator in CS6

Question

Normally a very cautious fellow, but albeit in a rush to finish a deadline yesterday,  I opened my Adobe Illustrator app  and  a pop-up appeared that looked like a genuine notice from Java to update my software. Erroneously thinking it was something the app needed (because I recently updated to Maverick on my Mac) I clicked to get it out of the way. Illustrator crashed almost immediately. I spent hours trying to fix it. Even re-installing Illustrator did not help. Finally, I checked my Illustrator plug-ins folder and sure enough—there was an innocent looking plug-in called "SubScribe.aip." I trashed it and Illustrator started right up. Be aware my fellow graphic designers—this new fake Java update is a nasty one.

Answer 1

ovelky wrote:
- I did a Google search of SubScribe.api and Astute Graphics was not mentioned in any of the results
- the thing that made me most suspicious was the name of the plug-in itself  “SubScribe.” That does not sound like the name of a graphics plug-in. It sounds like a spam
Regarding those, see my link in post 2 above, it is indeed a plug-in.
ovelky wrote:
Do you see what I mean?
No, I honestly don't, see my previous posts as to why.
If you truly feel there was a "fake Java update", that installed a non compatible plugin for the sole purpose to get your Illustrator to crash, then perhaps you need to write/contact both Oracle concerning a possible "fake Java update" and Astute Graphics to let them know they were associated with said "fake Java update" and one of their plugins was bundled inside to mysteriously cause havoc upon Illustrator users.
When you do please refer to this thread in your correspondence with them and let us know what the results and outcome are from both Oracle and Astute Graphics.