Plenty of trojans found in Sun Java cache

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Plenty of trojans found in Sun Java cache Moe Hair 07-02-2005
Posted by Moe Hair on July 2, 2005, 3:42 pm
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Should I just delete Sun Java and go with MS? I did a boot scan with Avast
and it deleted about 10 trojans in various Sun Java documents and settings
cache directories.

What's the best way to clean it out other than to delete temp files in the
Sun Java console?


Posted by Vanguard on July 2, 2005, 11:46 am
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> Should I just delete Sun Java and go with MS? I did a boot scan with
> Avast
> and it deleted about 10 trojans in various Sun Java documents and
> settings
> cache directories.
>
> What's the best way to clean it out other than to delete temp files in
> the
> Sun Java console?


Just disable the cache in the Sun JVM. Use the Control Panel applet for
it. Unless you are downloading huge applets or applications for Java
from some server, there's no point in caching them. However, not
caching them only gets rid of the problem of them remaining on your hard
drive when you aren't actually using them. So the real problem is why
you are continuing to visit sites and do downloads of infected Java
applets/applications.



Posted by kurt wismer on July 2, 2005, 12:10 pm
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Moe Hair wrote:
> Should I just delete Sun Java and go with MS?

that will solve nothing...

> I did a boot scan with Avast
> and it deleted about 10 trojans in various Sun Java documents and settings
> cache directories.

which basically means you've been to afflicted websites, nothing more...

> What's the best way to clean it out other than to delete temp files in the
> Sun Java console?

that's about it - if you want to keep your cache clean then figure out
what page(s) the trojans are coming from and stop going there...
switching to ms' java runtime isn't going to stop java trojans you
encounter on the web from being saved in your cache...

--
"they threw a rope around yer neck to watch you dance the jig of death
then left ya for the starvin' crows, hoverin' like hungry whores
one flew down plucked out yer eye, the other he had in his sights
ya snarled at him, said leave me be - i need the bugger so i can see"


Posted by Wilbur Post on July 2, 2005, 4:43 pm
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@news20.bellglobal.com:

> that's about it - if you want to keep your cache clean then figure out
> what page(s) the trojans are coming from and stop going there...
> switching to ms' java runtime isn't going to stop java trojans you
> encounter on the web from being saved in your cache...

I also get these viruses in my Sun Java cache (like the previous poster)
and use Avast to clean them up. They probably are in some porn sites I
visit - LOL! Is there any danger in these things?


Posted by optikl on July 2, 2005, 6:34 pm
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Wilbur Post wrote:

>
> I also get these viruses in my Sun Java cache (like the previous poster)
> and use Avast to clean them up. They probably are in some porn sites I
> visit - LOL! Is there any danger in these things?

Probably. If you execute them. Porn sites are ripe with malware. This
should not be news.


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