RogerJava
@bellsouth.net
| What Java engine does Firefox 1.0 Preview use?
Last night Norton AV detected a Trojan.ByteVerify in one of the class files downloaded by visiting a compromised site.
The file
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\file\VerifierBug.class-676f5e5c-25e65b59.class
is infected with the Trojan.ByteVerify virus.
Access to the file was denied.
The file
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\file\BlackBox.class-6c6d9966-62582003.class
is infected with the Trojan.ByteVerify virus.
Unable to repair this file.
The file
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\javapi\v1.0\file\BlackBox.class-6c6d9966-62582003.class
is infected with the Trojan.ByteVerify virus.
Access to the file was denied.
and several more files.
I'm running Windows XP with SP2 and until last night, I thought I had all the patches in place to prevent this kind of problem. Further more, I thought that the problem with MS's Java engine had long been fixed, so I'm intrigued as to 1) whether I really have a problem or not? 2) Was Firefox using the Sun Java or MS engine at the time?
I did a google search and the instructions I found were confusing. In the internet options, under Java, it only shows the Sun's Java 2 v1.4.2_05 as checked. There is no MS engine. Other instructions said to go into the Control Panel->Java-Plugin, Browser tab to learn which browsers were using the Sun Java as the default engine. There, I found 3 browsers: IE (checked), Netscape (unchecked) and Mozilla 1.1 (unchecked). So, does this mean that Sun Java's was NOT in used at the time of infection? I have tried unsuccessfully to check the Mozilla box but it gives me an error: "Please check that Mozilla is properly installed on the system and/or that you have sufficient permissions to change system settings."
How can I be sure which Jave engine is running with Firefox?
Thank you.
Rooger |
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GILXA1226
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-29
London, OH
clubs: | Re: What Java engine does Firefox 1.0 Preview use
Whatever java engine you have installed on your computer is what Firefox will use, it doesn't come bundled with any JRE's.
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JavaRoger
@bellsouth.net | So, if in the internet options, I don't have the MS java engine, then I should be OK as long as I had the updated Sun engine not vunerable to this attack.
Thank you.
Roger |
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GILXA1226
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-29
London, OH
clubs:
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So, if in the internet options, I don't have the MS java engine, then I should be OK as long as I had the updated Sun engine not vunerable to this attack.
Thank you.
Roger
If you don't have the Microsoft VM, and had a version of Sun Java, that wasn't effected then yes you should be ok. However I would still make sure you did a thorough virus scan of your system as a precaution.
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GercekSeytan
Rockin' with Raki
join:2001-10-19
Turkey
 ·TTNet
| reply to RogerJava
According to the link below, the Mozilla site links to Sun Java version 5.0 update 1. Preferred or not? No idea but it's what I use. FYI.
»https://addons.update.mozilla.org/plugins/
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