Java update

[Jon]

Last week wife along with some of her horsey friends updated Java and had all sorts of trouble with a lot of pop ups being installed. She fixed it by doing a restore
I got a Java 7 update today and don't want the same hassle.
What have you heard Nick?

 

[Ernesto]

My wife had the same problem with her laptop, lots of pop up ads.

 

[Nick]

It is Malware . Run Malwarebytes for a starter .

First go to Control Panel>Programs & Features and check your Java version.

Currently Java is at Version 8 Update 25.If your version is different go here:

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ng&txt=http://www.java.com/...load/manual.jsp

and update your Java. See if that will stop popups.

 

[Jon]

My Java is 6.7 at the moment with out the update they are trying to get me to click
I have Explorer but wife is on Chrome

 

[Nick]

It's out of date Jon. That is how you get infected from outdated software . Just follow the above instructions .

Let me know if you still get pop ups . Hackers are installing this crap in the downloads without the permission of the software co. some times they inject a virus in there . They did it to Incredimail, That is why i can't download it anymore .

PS: Update from the link i posted .

 

[Jon]

I haven't had trouble but I thought I would check with the expert before I downloaded the update notice I got
Will do as you say and go through your link instead of the one I got
Thanks Nick

Just went through the motions and it wanted me to agree with Search apps being installed

 

[Nick]

You should be able to opt out of that .

 

[Jon]

I unchecked the 2 boxes but it still said its part of downloading Java I didn't do anything and left Javas site Later puter said Java was now loaded and everything seems fine but this is on Windows 8.1 lappy not Windows 7 puter so therefore Shirley and her friends must have received a strange download for them to get trouble

 

[Nick]

Do the other one.

 

[Jon]

Do the other one.

Done Windows 7 as well and no problems even though those check boxes never came up this time

 

[Nick]

That's ok. Just let me know if the pop ups come back .

Going to post a free software program to let you know what software is out of date, and the link to update them .

 

[Jon]

That's ok. Just let me know if the pop ups come back .

Going to post a free software program to let you know what software is out of date, and the link to update them .

I haven't had trouble with popups just the wife and her friends before she uninstalled it with System Restore and I am still all good

 

[Nick]

System Restore don't uninstall anything .

 

[Jon]

System Restore don't uninstall anything .

She don't let me touch her puter, She reckoned system restore fixed it so who am I to argue

 

[Nick]

She should at least install the latest version Jon.

 

[Jon]

She should at least install the latest version Jon.

You wanna tell her She no listen to me
You must be braver than me

 

[Nick]

Put her on Skype .