This will bring up a new tab. Find the item on the list that reads just plain “Java” and click below it where it says “Disable” in blue. Restart your browser.

Step 4: To turn off the Java Runtime in all of your browsers, from inside the Java Control Panel, click or tap on the Security tab, then deselect the box marked Enable Java Content in the Browser.

IMPORTANT: The article below was written in August 2012, in response to a security scare involving Java. Although that particular scare has now passed for users who have kept their Java installation ...

Disable Java in web browsers – Starting with Java 7 Update 10, it is possible to disable Java content in web browsers through the Java control panel applet. Please see the Java documentation for ...

For those who refuse to part with Java--even until Oracle issues a fix for the latest exploitable bug--researchers Andre Di Mino and Mila Parkour have created their own patch for the vulnerability ...

Check the Enabled option to permit the latest Java Runtime version. Click on OK button to apply the setting changes. Click OK in Java Control Panel to confirm the changes.

Lest you think disabling Java in your browser is too extreme a step, consider that both Apple and Mozilla responded to the latest vulnerability by essentially doing just that. You can do the same ...

Setting the security level to very high will prompt the user for permission every time a Java app, signed or unsigned, attempts to run in the browser. If the Java version is deemed insecure ...

JAVA Separately, Oracle has released its quarterly patch update for Java, another powerful browser plugin that also is heavily targeted by malware and ne’er-do-wells.

Is Java on your browser?By Steve Johnson | Mercury News, Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: January 14, 2013 at 10:44 AM PST ...

If you normally browse the Web with Firefox, for example, consider disabling the Java plugin in Firefox, and then using an alternative browser (Chrome, IE9, Safari, etc.) with Java enabled to ...