Java is regularly in the news, and not for reasons it would want to be. Every other day, some zero-day Java vulnerability or the other is found, a security advisory released, and within a few days a patch is released. The latest in the news is Java 7, where Oracle released Update 11 to patch the vulnerability. This has now led to scramble among many security guru’s – many of whom are advising that it was time to disable, if not completely uninstall Java, from one’s computers.
This article will tell you how to uninstall or disable Java on your Windows computer and how to disable Java plugin in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Opera browser.