Should I disable Java?

See this article in the Sydney Morning Herald. I've seen nothing in the UK press about this weakness. Why weren't we told of this by Apple? I fear the overwhelming rush for profits is blurring the Apply/Customer relationship. Maybe its time to move on......
http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/rude-awakening-for-mac-users-serious-ma c-flaw-needs-urgent-fix-20120405-1we6x.html
Thanks
David

If you don't need it, and odds are you don't, turn it off. You can disable in the browser you are using and/or more globally using the Java Preferences too (in Utilities), General tab (uncheck the checkboxes).
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If it turns out you need it for some specific application then turn it on only when running that application.
Maybe its time to move on......
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Interestingly enough, I had the same thing happen '''today''' when I clicked on a search result in Google. It hijacked my request and redirected me to this same bioderma(.)name(.)tr server. It only happened once though, and I cannot seem to reproduce it.
May I ask what kind of plugins you are using? And most importantly, what DNS provider are you using. (That is, do you happen to be using OpenDNS?)
You can test it here (it will show a checkmark): http://welcome.opendns.com
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Butterfly350 wrote:
.. Why are you ignoring us, still covered by Apple Care????????????
If you provided Feedback as a brody suggested, it appears they listened:
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