Internet Security and Programming

Sun Microsystems has issued an update to its Java software that fixes at least one security vulnerability. Separately, Adobe is pushing out a patch to plug four security holes in its Shockwave Player. The Sun patch brings Java 6 to version 17. If you’re not sure whether you have Java or what version you may be running, visit this page and click the “Do I have Java?” link. If you don’t have Java, you probably don’t need it. If you do have it, make sure you’ve got this latest version. To update from within Java, open the Windows control panel, click the Java icon, then at the tab marked Update hit the Update Now button (in Windows 7, to get to Java click start, type “Java” in the search box and pick the first result). To see whether your system has Adobe’s Shockwave Player, follow this link: If you see

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