BleepingComputer.com: Java problems

Hello 'ThunderZ' thank you for your replies!
Did you use the online or off line installer.

I used offline for the #'s quoted in post 28. Just for giggles (& boredom) I uninstalled 6.22, then reinstalled using the ONline installer. Your (educated) guess was correct:

Using OFF-line:


Using ON-line:


The folder using the ONline install was 9.3 MB smaller. Only thing is, with the offline install, there's no prompt for the Yahoo! toolbar that's present in the online install.

This post has been edited by Union_Thug: 05 November 2010 - 03:26 PM

A question if I may regarding your practice of blocking the storing of Java temp files--is this purely for security reasons, or is there a performance gain by doing so? I regularly delete the Java temp files (using CCleaner) not from the Control Panel > Java > Temporary Internet Files > applet, but I have never chosen to uncheck "Keep temporary files..."

Once in a while I get lucky.

Thanks for doing the leg-work and making me look good.

Union_Thug, on 05 November 2010 - 03:23 PM, said:

In my case it is for security reasons. My very first virus, many years ago, came in via a Java exploit and resided in these files.

Researching how to remove it is how I came upon this little tweak. It has served me well to date.