Apple addressed the issue by releasing a removal tool specifically tailored for the malware, and also disabled the Java runtime in its Safari web browser starting with version 5.1.7. Javascript should not be disabled (it has nothing to do with Java).

I enabled all the options for Java in security preference in Safari.

Also enabled applet Plug-in and Web start applications in Java preferences.

I tried deleted the Java cache files and that didnt make any difference.

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Hope someone comes up with a solution, as I am going to have to resort to using my Windows 7 VM for now.

Worldwide Macs werent able to start any java applications from 10.6.8 to 10.8.x I found, that in SystemLibraryCoreServicesCoreTypes.bundleContentsResourcesXProtect.meta.p list there is a JavaWebComponentVersionMinimum thats responsible for that behavior.

After running a sudo usrlibexecPlistBuddy -c Delete:JavaWebComponentVersionMinimum SystemLibraryCoreServicesCoreTypes.bundleContentsResourcesXProtect.meta.

I spent the last 2 hours trying to fix or find a solution to this with no luck.

Java changed this morning without notice for me, but after running the script, all is well.

If you get a message saying invalid arguments after cutting and pasting that command line, try removing the space before plist, as there shouldnt be a space there.

Here it is with the space as above: SystemLibraryCoreServicesCoreTypes.bundleContentsResourcesXProtect.meta.

Should be this without the space: SystemLibraryCoreServicesCoreTypes.bundleContentsResourcesXProtect.meta.p list Thanks very much.

This command fixed it, but we have thousands of machines that we have to run this.

Which is kinda crappy, since there is no mention of that in the Java 10.6 Update 11 We use a Java web app for timesheets and guess what: all January time is due today Thanks again Shirkan.

Oracle issued the latest update to Java earlier this month to fix a serious zero-day security flaw.

The threat was so serious that the U.S.

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Department of Homeland Security had recommended that all Java 7 users disable or uninstall the software until a patch was issued.

Apple took action on its own and quietly disabled the plugin through its OS X anti-malware system.

And as noted by MacGeneration on Thursday, Apple has again updated its OS X XProtect list, this time to block Java 7 Update 11.

Because Oracle has yet to issue a newer version of Java that addresses any outstanding issues, Mac users are prevented from running Java on their system.

Over the last few years, Apple has moved to gradually remove Java from OS X.

The Mac maker dropped the Java runtime from the default installation for OS X 10.7 Lion when the operating system update launched in 2010.

Java vulnerabilities have been a common exploit used by malicious hackers looking to exploit the OS X platform.

Most notably, the Flashback trojan that spread last year was said to have infected as many as 600,000 Macs worldwide at its peak.

Apple addressed the issue by releasing a removal tool specifically tailored for the malware, and also disabled the Java runtime in its Safari web browser starting with version 5.1.7.

Javascript should not be disabled (it has nothing to do with Java).

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