3 ms·
No, because if you visit a site that successfully exploits an unpatched vulnerability in your browser (or plugins) that allows for remote code execution, you WI
by AdamTReineke 15y ago
No, because if you visit a site that successfully exploits an unpatched vulnerability in your browser (or plugins) that allows for remote code execution, you WILL be infected. I'd label myself extremely savvy and I've been hit by what I think were ads loading a Java applet that somehow broke out of the JRE and ran an executable.
- jgmmo 15y agoThis. The days of needing to allow or execute malicious executables has passed. Drive-by downloads are extremely common, they use a vulnerability - and bam they can download whatever they want to your PC -- which in turn, will download more stuff.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoI always turn off Java on the browsers I use. It's a HUGE security hole that allows for drive-by infections and the cost of not having java applet support is something I can very much live with.
- finnw 15y ago> It's a HUGE security hole That's not entirely accurate. Most vulnerabilities do get patched quickly. It's still not worth enabling it in your browser though, because so few sites use it.