If you have a Mac or PC and java installed watch out

negative ghostrider (re: alteris)

LZ - it doesn’t, but only because I already knew that was likely the case

Secunia PSI is pretty good for home use btw and its free checks updates on almost all 3rd party software and ones it can auto install it will

Ninite Also works pretty well…

www.ninite.com

so what does the layman do in this situation?

Run

I’m not very good at running. How far do you recommend?

about 500 Kilobytes

Using Chrome is a good start then setting all the plugins not to run automatically in the advanced setting tab java/flash/etc

Not opening random PDFs in email

Even though anti virus sucks using microsoft security essentials or any other comparable one will stop known threats.

It’s under Advanced>Privacy>Content settings for anyone looking…

You’ll know you’re doing it right when all your websites stop working and displaying correctly and you get overly-frustrated with trying to remember overly-cryptic passwords.

New infection for mac…again java vulnerability.

I like this comment…

“Java - Just Another Vulnerability Announcement”