I've upgraded mine and there doesn't seem to be a problem with Java 7.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Dave, the quote below I took from a computer forum I frequent. I am not an expert on this stuff, so make of it what you will. For my pc, and laptop I just deleted Java from the pc, and the laptop didn't have it installed to begin with. My pc is running Vista 32 bit, and my laptop runs Windows 7. I have not had any problems at all accessing any site I go to.
"I have Java SE 7 Update 07 (Vista, IE9, FF, Chrome) and the following test
Is Java Exploitable? powered by Rapid7
says
Congrats! You appear to be running a version that isn't vulnerable to publicly
disclosed exploits. We still advise you to disable the Java browser plugin unless
you absolutely need it.
Is this correct?
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Yes, the website check on the vulnerabilities JRE 7 update 7 patched.
Holes that the polish firm issued POC(proof of concept) exploits. However,
the patch did not close all exploitable vulnerabilities that the firm discovered
after JRE 7 Update 7 was issued. These are new bugs after the patch that
were discovered by the same firm and as far as we know, they’re the only
ones who knows. They’ve reported the exploit to Oracle and like us waiting
for Oracle to address the problem. Expect this firm to disclose the POC when
Oracle takes too long the patch the problem again".
