Anti Java rant from Kaspersky guy

[Andrew Haley]

On 04/10/2012 10:55 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 04/09/2012 08:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>> It seems a trend lately... lots of "security firms" scaring people
>> telling them to "disable java" with the side effect this has on JWS
>> and JavaFX...
>> http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/java-osx-and-cross-platform-nightmare-040912
>>
>> curiously I don t see them using the same tactics to speak about
>> Microsoft .Net which is as ubiquitous if not more, and gets patches
>> regularly...
> 
> Note, though, that the first response nails the whole issue.

It's interesting also to look at the actual Kaspersky pronouncement:

http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2012/Kaspersky_Lab_Confirms_Flashfake_Flashback_Botnet_Infected_more_than_600_000_Mac_OS_X_Computers_Describes_Ramifications_and_Remedies

It reads very differently.

Andrew.