Home Categories Malware Your Java App is Out of Date - Malicious Alert 2 2 5.99K 1 13y ago 2013-05-20T14:11:07-05:00 11y ago 2014-07-09T17:19:15-05:00 Online Threat Alerts While browsing the internet, if you are prompt with the message: "Your Java App is Out of Date," and asked to update or download the current version, DO NOT. Clicking on this message or a link in it, may take you to a malicious website that will infect your computer with a virus. Over the past few months, hackers have been infecting thousands of computers around the world with computer viruses, by taking advantage of the Java security exploit called "Zero-day". The safest place to update the version of Java running on your computer is to go to www.java.com.To go directly to the download page on www.java.com, you can click here.This link will determine if you have the recommended version of Java installed on your computer. If you do not have the recommended version installed, you will be given a link to download it. Check the comment section below for answers or additional information. Share what you know, or ask a question about this article by leaving a comment below. Online Threat Alerts is not affiliated with or endorsed by any trademark owner mentioned in this article. Some of the information in samples on this website may have been impersonated or spoofed. Save + Was this article helpful? (1) (0) More For You ▷Fake Phishing NATO Employment Vacancies... ◁YoInsider Phishing Facebook Post... Is w8tech a Scam and have You Seen it o... Is Meta for Business Email a Scam Reque... Minnesota Civil Traffic Notice Scam - B... Comments / Answers Remove sensitive information from your post. Enter comment post here 2infohttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#infoJun 17, 2013 at 10:15 PM by Your Java App is Out of Date - Malicious AlertinfoIts does not indicate that the server or your computer is infected. Java runs on client side (your computer) and not on the server side. The popup is only a trick to have you click on it, so that you will be taken to a malicious website that will infect your computer with a virus. So, the popup appearing doesn't mean that you computer is infected.an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userJun 17, 2013 at 11:17 AM by Your Java App is Out of Date - Malicious Alertan anonymous user from: Pensacola, Florida, United StatesWhat is the assumption when this popup and website is loaded in a browser? Does it indicate a problem on the server (ie. the server has been hacked) or is it indicative of a piece of malware on my computer?
infohttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#infoJun 17, 2013 at 10:15 PM by Your Java App is Out of Date - Malicious AlertinfoIts does not indicate that the server or your computer is infected. Java runs on client side (your computer) and not on the server side. The popup is only a trick to have you click on it, so that you will be taken to a malicious website that will infect your computer with a virus. So, the popup appearing doesn't mean that you computer is infected.
an anonymous userhttps://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/users/#an-anonymous-userJun 17, 2013 at 11:17 AM by Your Java App is Out of Date - Malicious Alertan anonymous user from: Pensacola, Florida, United StatesWhat is the assumption when this popup and website is loaded in a browser? Does it indicate a problem on the server (ie. the server has been hacked) or is it indicative of a piece of malware on my computer?