In these folders, locate and move any Java-related plug-in, which can be called "JavaPluginCocoa.bundle" or "JavaAppletPlugin.plugin," to another location, such as your desktop.

Oracle has decided that keeping its Java plug-in for browsers is completely pointless. The outfit has said that it will remove its browser plug-in from future Java releases, basically because most ...

Security experts recommend disabling or abandoning Java browser plug-ins because of security issues affected the platform. Zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits have allowed attackers to escape ...

The Java plugin isn’t dead immediately: it will be deprecated in the next release of the Java Developer Kit, which is a fancier way of saying Oracle will sweep it under the rug, ...

Java plug-in maker Oracle has said that a fix to a major security vulnerability will be available "shortly," after U.S. Homeland Security warned to disable the software.

Now that Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari stopped or will soon stop supporting NPAPI web plug-ins*, Oracle thought it best to accept the Java plug-in's fate and let it go. The company has ...

Come September 2016, the perennial threat vector otherwise known as the Java plugin will be deprecated and well on its way to being dead, decreased, and thankfully, an ex-plugin.

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that. “Oracle plans to deprecate ...

Citing security and market forces as primary factors, Oracle said it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9.

Java for OS X 2012-006 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_37. This update uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web ...