Oracle has released an official fix for the Java security flaw that was reported by CERT (the Computer Emergency Readiness Team) on January 11. Shortly after the flagging by CERT, Apple took steps to disable the Java plug-in on all Macs running OS X 10.6 or later by amending the XProtect malware/minimum versions file.
Users who want to re-enable a secure, working version of Java can download the update here. The update is recommended users on all operating systems including Windows and Linux. Of course, if you don't need to be running a Java VM for a specific reason,
