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"The recently released Java 7 Update 11 has been blocked by Apple through its XProtect anti-malware feature in OS X.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/java-130131.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"568\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Java\" /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nOracle issued the latest update to Java &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/12/oracles-fix-for-zero-day-java-flaw-to-be-available-shortly\"&amp;gt;earlier this month&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to fix a serious zero-day security flaw. The threat was so serious that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had recommended that all Java 7 users disable or uninstall the software until a patch was issued.\r\n\r\nApple took action on its own and &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/11/zero-day-flaw-prompts-apple-to-block-java-7-from-os-x\"&amp;gt;quietly disabled the plugin through its OS X anti-malware system. And as &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.macg.co/news/voir/258693/apple-desactive-a-nouveau-java-7-dans-os-x\"&amp;gt;noted by&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;MacGeneration&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; on Thursday, Apple has again updated its OS X XProtect list, this time to block Java 7 Update 11.\r\n\r\nBecause 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.\r\n\r\nOver 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 &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/27/new_java_vulnerability_affects_macs_could_lead_to_more_malware\"&amp;gt;common exploit&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; used by malicious hackers looking to exploit the OS X platform.\r\n\r\nMost notably, the \"Flashback\" trojan that spread last year was said to have infected as many as &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/05/flashback_trojan_estimated_to_have_infected_600k_macs_worldwide.html\"&amp;gt;600,000 Macs worldwide&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; at its peak. Apple addressed the issue by releasing a &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/13/apple_releases_flashback_removal_tool.html\"&amp;gt;removal tool&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; specifically tailored for the malware, and also disabled the Java runtime in its Safari web browser &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/09/safari_517_update_disables_out_of_date_flash_versions.html\"&amp;gt;starting with&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; version 5.1.7."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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