Java Web Start is an Oracle technology that lets users single-click launch a Java app from within a browser without first downloading the app to the machine.Īnd Apple wasn't the only browser maker to recently block Adobe software.

'As a security hardening measure, the Java browser plug-in and Java Web Start are deactivated if they are unused for 35 days,' Apple said at the time. Apple took the step because of Flashback, a malware family that used a Java vulnerability to infect hundreds of thousands of Macs in a spree that still continues. Neither Windows Vista or Windows 7 included a preinstalled version of Adobe's software.īlocking Flash was the second such move by Apple in a month: On April 12, the company issued an OS X update that disabled automatic execution of Java applets by the Java browser plug-in. Microsoft last distributed Flash with the nearly-11-year-old Windows XP. 'This update presents the option to install an updated version of Flash Player from the Adobe website.'Īpple stopped bundling Flash Player with OS X in the fall of 2010, but users have been free to download and install the plug-in on their own. 'This update disables Adobe Flash Player if it is older than 10.1.102.64 by moving its files to a new directory,' Apple's advisory stated Wednesday.

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