Java For Mac 10.6

Mac OS X 10.6 and below: Apple's Java comes pre-installed with your Mac OS. Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and above: Java is not pre-installed with Mac OS X versions 10.7 and above. To get the latest Java from Oracle, you will need Mac OS X 10.7.3 and above.

Distribution of 550,000 Flashback-infected Macs. Source: Dr.Web.com The, Java for OS X Lion 2012-001 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 7, sews up an extremely serious security vulnerability () that miscreants designed to deploy malware to Windows users.

But in the past few days, information has surfaced to suggest that the same flaw has been used with great success by the Flashback Trojan to infect large numbers of Mac computers with malware. The revelations come from Russian security firm Dr.Web, which reports that the has successfully infected more than 550,000 Macs, most which it said were U.S. Based systems (hat tip to ). Dr.Web’s post is available in its Google translated version. Download java 8 for ubuntu.

Java for Mac OS X 10.6 has just been updated to Update 5, and a visit to Software Update will bring the latest and greatest version of Java to your Mac. If you're still using Leopard, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 is now at Update 10. According to the release notes, 'Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6. Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 supersedes all previous versions of Java for Mac OS X 10.6.' The Snow Leopard release is only for Mac OS X 10.6.6 and later.

The Leopard updater is available for Mac OS X 10.5.8 and Mac OS X Server 10.5.8. Repair outlook on a mac. The security notes for the updates state that the new version fixes 'multiple vulnerabilities in Java 1.6.0_24, the most serious of which may allow an untrusted Java applet to execute arbitrary code outside the Java sandbox.' The updaters bump Java to version 1.6.0_26. Has more details about the updates. Will be the location for information about the security content of the updates, although that information had not yet been posted by Apple at the time this article was written. You can check out all our software update posts on the right hand side of TUAW.com.