Scroll the list on the right-hand side of the screen until you find an item that reads “Java (TM) Platform [somethingsomethingsomething].” Click the “Disable” button on the right.

Disable Java now! Java is a cross-platform language that's been mightily abused by hackers. With new security bugs being discovered week after week, many experts advise everyone to simply disable ...

The government suggests computer users disable the common Web-browsing software until its security flaws are fixed.

Having (sincerely) said you should read Oremus's story, I'm now going to quote the immediate news-you-can-use part of it, where he explains how to disable Java for the main browers.

The last time hackers found a hole in Java’s browser plugin so bad that it sparked a warning from Homeland Security—which was less than five months ...

Mozilla must have seen the news this week: Security companies are recommending you disable Java, or just uninstall it. The organization is recommending the same to its Firefox users: At this time ...

Last week I explained how to disable Java in Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. Unfortunately, the instructions for disabling Java in IE don’t do the job.

Click the Disable button under the entry, which automatically blocks both the Java and Java Development Toolkit plugins.

Learn how to uninstall or disable Java on your Windows computer and how to disable Java plugin in Chrome, Firefox, and Opera browser.

In Firefox, select “Tools” from the main menu, then “Add-ons,” then click the “Disable” button next to any Java plug-ins. In Safari, click “Safari” in the main menu bar, then ...

Rob Griffiths explains how to disable Java in many popular OS X browsers, to protect yourself from the recently-revealed Java applet security hole.