Corrine Administrator, Microsoft MVP, Security Analyst Staff member Joined Feb 22, 2012 Posts 12,263 Location Upstate, NY Jan 19, 2016 #1 Oracle released the scheduled critical security updates for its Java SE Runtime Environment software and, once again, released a subsequent update that includes "bug fixes". Although most people do not need Java on their computer, there are some programs and games that require Java. In the event you need to continue using Java, How-to Geek discovered a little-known and unpublicized option in the Java Control Panel to suppress the offers for the pre-checked unwanted extras. Launch the Windows Start menu Click on Programs Find the Java program listing Click Configure Java to launch the Java Control Panel Click the Advanced tab and go to the "Miscellaneous" section at the bottom. Check the box by the “Suppress sponsor offers when installing or updating Java” option and click OK. Download link: Java SE 8u71 Java SE 8u72 can be found here. Select the appropriate version for your operating system. Verify your version: http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp Java SE 8u71 Update Release Notes Java SE 8u72 Update Release Notes
Oracle released the scheduled critical security updates for its Java SE Runtime Environment software and, once again, released a subsequent update that includes "bug fixes". Although most people do not need Java on their computer, there are some programs and games that require Java. In the event you need to continue using Java, How-to Geek discovered a little-known and unpublicized option in the Java Control Panel to suppress the offers for the pre-checked unwanted extras. Launch the Windows Start menu Click on Programs Find the Java program listing Click Configure Java to launch the Java Control Panel Click the Advanced tab and go to the "Miscellaneous" section at the bottom. Check the box by the “Suppress sponsor offers when installing or updating Java” option and click OK. Download link: Java SE 8u71 Java SE 8u72 can be found here. Select the appropriate version for your operating system. Verify your version: http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp Java SE 8u71 Update Release Notes Java SE 8u72 Update Release Notes