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[DavidR]

Ad-Aware Free now includes Anti-Virus - giving you the power to protect yourself online like never before
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
Another Free One for the Masses
Think I will stick with the best as I have for a long time.....Avast! of course......
Hi Damian,Bob,Kissman and Everyone else....been busy of late

Just one more very good reason not to use adaware. When it was just an anti-spyware, I wouldn't have given it hard disk space, now they want to add an AV to the potential conflict mix, a total no, no.

[Jtaylor83]

RegRun Reanimator 6.9.6.95

Latest Changes:

- Improved Malware Scan engine for detecting and removing the latest version of TDL3+ rootkit and UXTHEME virus

- Updated signature databases

[Lisandro]

Event Log Explorer 3.3 has been released.
For more details, visit: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Event-Log-Explorer/1110458740/1

[Lisandro]

Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 21  has been released.
For more details, visit: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Java-SE-Runtime-Environment-JRE/1011824317/1

[MikeBCda]

Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 21  has been released.
For more details, visit: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Java-SE-Runtime-Environment-JRE/1011824317/1

Maybe I'm just getting too old to see straight, but where on (or linked from) that betanews page does it show what changes are in this update?

[Hermite15]

Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 21  has been released.
For more details, visit: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Java-SE-Runtime-Environment-JRE/1011824317/1

Maybe I'm just getting too old to see straight, but where on (or linked from) that betanews page does it show what changes are in this update?

forget the beta news, go there instead
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u21.html

[Mr.Agent]

Is it a beta ? http://www.java.com/fr/download/windows_ie.jsp?locale=fr&host=www.java.com

There only Update 20.

And i try to search for update and its say my 20 is up to date...

Should i wait ?

PS : Secunia OSI say its up to date.

[DavidR]

Secunia might be a little behind the curve of a recently released update.

It is listed here and isn't beta http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp, see image. It is just the fact that Tech gave a link to where it was notified in the betanews forum.

[MikeBCda]

Thanks for the links, Logos ... that first one is where I go for any announced updates.  After reading the second one, it sounds like the average home RTE user probably doesn't really need U21 if they already have/had U20.

[Hermite15]

Thanks for the links, Logos ... that first one is where I go for any announced updates.  After reading the second one, it sounds like the average home RTE user probably doesn't really need U21 if they already have/had U20.

you're welcome. Yes it always takes a while before a new Java version becomes the official version displayed on the main page of their site. They still offer U20 there and the desktop updater says the install is up to date. I've seen that before. But I still prefer to update as soon as a new version is there, patching security flaws essentially. Java is a known vector of online threats, so I would still advise you to update

 

[Avastfan1]

100% agree with Logos.

[Alan Baxter]

Is it a beta ? http://www.java.com/fr/download/windows_ie.jsp?locale=fr&host=www.java.com

There only Update 20.

And i try to search for update and its say my 20 is up to date...

Should i wait ?

PS : Secunia OSI say its up to date.

Java 6U20 doesn't have any unpatched vulnerabilities.  6U21 doesn't patch any security vulnerabilities.  It provides additional functionality instead.  PSI only reports security updates, so it won't report that there's an update needed for 6U20, even if java.com recommends it.

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12878/?task=advisories
From http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u21.html:

Users who have Java SE 6 Update 20 have the latest security fixes and do not need to upgrade to this release to be current on security fixes.

You don't need to update Java for security reasons.  Reading the release notes, I see no need to update, especially since the Java update page says I'm using the recommended version, 6U20.
http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1

[Hermite15]

Security Exception Upon Drag-and-Drop
Drag-and-drop would, under certain circumstances, result in a null value being passed instead of the expected data.

Java SE 6u21 provides a fix that lets drag-and-drop operations succeed for signed applications or applications with the accessClipboard permission granted.

[Alan Baxter]

From http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u21.html:

Users who have Java SE 6 Update 20 have the latest security fixes and do not need to upgrade to this release to be current on security fixes.

Edit: Sorry if the above seems redundant.  I interpreted Logos's post as suggesting that Java SE 6u21 is more secure than 6u20.  Upon a careful reading of what Logos posted, I realize that it merely says I should update to Java SE 6u21 if I need to let "drag-and-drop operations succeed for signed applications or applications with the accessClipboard permission granted."

[Avastfan1]

ABP 1.2.1

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/latest/1865/addon-1865-latest.xpi?src=addondetail

Adblock Plus 1.2.1 released · 2010-07-09 17:09 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

    * Updates to support Firefox 4 nightly builds and upcoming Firefox 4 Beta 2
    * Preferences: more reliable formatting of dates
    * Fixed: Tabs on Flash and Java display badly on some webpages
    * Fixed: Comments would sometimes be interpreted as element hiding rules