Remember the Ask search engine? Oracle sure does—and by extension, so do Java users. Oracle has taken the practice of bundling useless add-ons and toolbars with legitimate software to new ...

Worse, the Ask toolbar option is enabled by default when you’re installing or updating Java—you have to actively uncheck the boxes to prevent your computer from filling up with Ask’s sneakware.

It has long been known that installing Java meant having to keep an eye out for that pesky adware Ask Toolbar, which would be selected by default and, unless you explicitly made it known you didn't ...

Attention Java users: Your long national nightmare of avoiding the Ask.com toolbar is over, replaced by the slightly less terrifying prospect of Yahoo defaults. As ...

Why Oracle bundles a toolbar with Java at all remains a mystery but the good news is it can be suppressed in future installations. Java is a language that is loved by some, hated by some. It didn ...

If you're still using Java, then you know that updating it is vital given the large number of vulnerabilities that plague the software. You also know that you've had ...

Java’s shady bundled adware is no longer a Windows exclusive, as Oracle has started sneaking the Ask.com toolbar into the Mac version.

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 10, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced a search distribution deal with Sun Microsystems Inc. to offer the MSN Toolbar, powered by Microsoft Live Search, to U.S.-based ...

Mac users installing or updating to the latest version Java are finding their shinies infected with the “much loved” Ask Toolbar.

Oracle's Java plugin for browsers is a notoriously insecure product. Over the past 18 months, the company has released 11 updates, six of them containing critical security fixes. With each update ...

Device independence, programmable garbage collection, an enormous standard library, and easy interoperability with existing native systems. The standard library is as important as the JVM, and its a ...