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#1 2010-03-16 22:59:18
Java has VIRUSES???????
I have downloaded java!! i downloaded the new one!! and STILL i cant view any projects!!! this was NOT a problem last time, but something smells fishy!!! so i asked my bro to download java, and after a few moments i found out the file that was downloaded was .EXE!!!!!!!!! u no wut files those are?!!!!!????! now i dont even know if my pc has a virus now!!!!! and when i tried to view the projects, it always says "Download Java to view this on your browser!" I DID, no, my BRO did!!! and it still says that!!!! and i clicked on the link for my bro to download!!!!! dus anyone have the same problem??? My browser, Mozilla Firefox never had this problemo before!!!! and now my pc might have a virus.....help???? DDDDDXXXXX
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#2 2010-03-16 23:30:32
Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
Just relax, as long as you downloaded it from java.com, you don't have a virus. What you downloaded is the installer, and you need to open that and follow the instructions to get java to work - downloading without installing it won't do anything.
Don't worry, it's normal and you don't have a virus. 
Last edited by hmnwilson (2010-03-16 23:33:29)
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#3 2010-03-17 08:27:46
Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
hmnwilson wrote:
Just relax, as long as you downloaded it from java.com, you don't have a virus. What you downloaded is the installer, and you need to open that and follow the instructions to get java to work - downloading without installing it won't do anything.
Don't worry, it's normal and you don't have a virus.
or from Sun Microsystems' websites
Java DOES NOT contain viruses.
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#4 2010-03-20 15:52:45
Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
.exe files are NOT always viruses. If you download an .exe file from the Java website, there's a 99.99% chance of it being a virus. Almost every program you use is an .exe, so .exe files aren't always virus files.
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#5 2010-05-09 00:07:35
Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
BWOG wrote:
.exe files are NOT always viruses. If you download an .exe file from the Java website, there's a 99.99% chance of it being a virus. Almost every program you use is an .exe, so .exe files aren't always virus files.
Look at what you just said.
If you download an .exe file from the Java website, there's a 99.99% chance of it being a virus.
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#6 2010-05-09 00:55:52
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Dude. .EXEs are not always viruses. The majority are not viruses. Windows uses .EXEs. Scratch is a .EXE (and .image). Windows Explorer is .EXE. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari, any windows web browser is .EXE.
Java is a .EXE, and is NOT a virus if you are sure you got it from http://www.java.com/.
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#7 2010-05-09 04:33:15
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Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
BWOG wrote:
.exe files are NOT always viruses. If you download an .exe file from the Java website, there's a 99.99% chance of it being a virus. Almost every program you use is an .exe, so .exe files aren't always virus files.
I think BWOG was trying to say that it's almost certainly NOT a virus, if you got it from the official Java website.
hmnwilson wrote:
Just relax, as long as you downloaded it from java.com, you don't have a virus. What you downloaded is the installer, and you need to open that and follow the instructions to get java to work - downloading without installing it won't do anything.
Don't worry, it's normal and you don't have a virus.
This information is correct...many applications require that you download a .exe installer program and run it. Just make sure that you are downloading it from the real website.
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#8 2010-05-09 05:12:20
Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
Exe are nearly always not viruses, but when you downloaded scratch you downloaded an exe, so your pretty safe as Java is a RELIABLE source
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#9 2010-05-09 07:58:23
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Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
It seems that we are getting off-topic. Isn't his/her problem can't view projects instead of Java is/has virus?
Maybe it's because you have downloaded the file, but you didn't install it (open the file)?
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#10 2010-05-14 20:01:22
Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
It is really annoying. I swear, everything I have ever downloaded has given me a virus. You'll survive.
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#12 2010-05-15 02:48:06
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Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
This topic was made 2 months ago ...
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#13 2010-05-15 03:03:25
Re: Java has VIRUSES???????
You download the exe installer. Double click on that to run it and then it will install java on your pc. If it doesn't work then your pc may have high security settings.
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