Patch up warmly this winter if you're running Java [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/02/microsoft_java_vulnerabilities/]. That's the advice from .NET shop Microsoft, which reckons Oracle's platform is the single biggest target for hackers. Java proved the single most popular target in the 12-month period to the end of June, according to Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report has found here [http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/02/microsoft_security_intelligence_report_volume_11_english.pdf] Running Java as a Web-browser Plugin is much more dangerous than Flash, and should disable the Java Applet Plugin.

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