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Seeing as there's just been a new Java release it seems a good time to give a thought to downloading malware. Jerome Segura, over at the Malware Diaries gives a report about a bogus domain name that offers a "java update". The bogus download is a malware that will do your computer no good at all.

Remember to make sure that you check an applet is coming from a trusted source and that you're at the official Oracle SDN downloads page when downloading Java updates.

Fake Java Downloads originally appeared on About.com Focus on Java on Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 06:00:07.

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