How to disable Java from OS X

Need help as to removing Java from iMac & MacBook-Pro.

There are rumors of another vulnerability that has not yet been fixed. See:
Did Java just fall down again?!
Because of the numerous times that Java vulnerabilities have been discovered and exploited over the last year, I definitely recommend disabling Java in your web browser if at all possible. If you haven't installed Java on Mac OS X 10.8, you don't have Java, so you're safe. However, if you have, you should disable Java in your web browser. That alone is sufficient protection.
Note that running in a non-admin account will not protect you! All that will do is prevent certain types of infection, but a lot of recent Mac malware has used techniques that do not require admin access. Flashback, for example, was fully capable of infecting a standard user account through a Java exploit, without needing the user to do anything at all.
Also, note that there have been some recommendations to use ClickToPlugin to block Java... however, if you read that plugin's site carefully, you'll note that it cannot block all Java applets, and is thus not good protection against Java exploits.

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