Tip : If you have installed the toolbar, make sure to read our detailed guide on how to remove it again on your system. The offer seems to only ship with the net installer and not with the offline installers that you can use instead. The main difference is that the net installer needs an Internet connection during installation to download the most recent files, while the offline installer ships with everything included right away.
You find all offline installers for Java listed on this page. The only thing that you need to make sure is that the downloaded offline installer is the latest version. This is usually the case if you have downloaded the setup file recently, but if it has been download some time ago, you may want to check the page again to make sure that it is still the most recent version.
You can add information to the Windows Registry that disables the sponsored offers that you receive during Java updates or installations thanks Tcat for making me aware of that.
You can download this small Registry file if you do not like to manipulate the Registry manually. Just download it and run it on your system to add the information to both locations in the Registry: java-sponsor. Also see this page for the latest releases. The file should be of Unicode encoding and its contents should end as a blank line. Very useful for a new installation of Windows. Not for people who need the installation files. Big props to Ninite.
In addition to providing a wealth of software options that install one-after-another, by design it rejects every Toolbar and similar add-on offer for you, silently. Yup, Ninite is a lifesaver. Installs programs, avoids toolbars. Keeps all your software up to date with one click.
And while small, their library covers pretty much all the essentials, other than Flash. If you go through the installation process too fast, it will automatically install other unwanted software. So, check each screen before clicking accept or next. As Idiot said just use Ninite. You can create a one time update package that includes Java, Flash, web browsers, media players, etc. Run the Ninite installer once a week to check for updates.
Ninite is interesting. It seems to me very much like co-evolution in an organic ecosystem. I find it kind of depressing they feel they have to. I wish PC software would try app pricing. Hi, Martin Is there an analogue way to avoid the installation of Google search tool and Chrome browser that comes together with Flash Player updates? Two times I downloaded updates for Flash Player and there was no way to avoid them, I had to uninstall the browser.
Google is already my search tool. There is no reason to install Java in the first place. It is the most insecure technology of all. If the user is detected to be located in the United States, the Java installer displays a panel to set the Search App by Ask. When the Java installation is complete, the Java installer redirects the user to the Java website. Safari instantly prompts to install an extension. If the user does not uncheck anything and allows the extension, both the homepage is set to Ask.
Firefox prompts to restart in order to finish the installation. After restart, Firefox notifies to install new add-ons and the user can allow or disallow the installation.
Firefox has to be restarted again. Chrome prompts to restart in order to complete the installation. We believe that the Ask toolbar may be activated in future auto-updates without having to run the Java installation. This means that if the Ask toolbar offer is disabled when installing the Java update, the framework still gets updates silently if already installed.
The user would not need to update Java to get the Ask toolbar; it is still there silently. Even worse, Edelman said, was that the offer was included with critical Java updates that patched recent "zero-day" vulnerabilities being exploited by criminals. By bundling adware with its security updates, Oracle is teaching users to distrust its patching process, Edelman added.
It's a commercial, business-side issue," he said during last week's call. Really, it's not related to security directly. Smith also defended the practice by saying Oracle had inherited the deal when it acquired Sun Microsystems, the creator of Java, in Sun had bundled third-party software with Java since at least , when it offered a Google toolbar.
In the following years, Sun made similar arrangements with Microsoft and Yahoo, before switching to Ask. While Smith stopped far short of saying that Oracle would drop the bundling, he tried to sooth obviously ruffled feathers among the JUG community. We're aware of the concerns and we're looking at what we can do moving forward. He also declined to give the JUG leaders an explanation for the odd installation behavior of the Ask.
But I hope at some point we can clarify what that's about and why.
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