It's hard to tell what you're asking, but browsers have been doing more the last year or two to put users in control of the sites on which they let plug-ins run (including the Java plug-in), so that installing a plug-in doesn't necessarily mean you want it to run on every site you visit that tries to use it.
Normally, the message is very clear, along the lines of "The Java plug-in needs your permission to run on this page" with buttons for denying permission, granting it once, or granting it for that page now and for the future. So you'd probably want to give it permission to run on Pocket-Monkey now and for the future.
The other thing they're doing is being more aggressive about telling you to keep the plug-in up to date. But again, the message presented is fairly clear.
I keep getting a message "this plugin has security problems" every time I play a game here. It just started doing it at 7:45pm EST. It's only on this game site.
I just tried a few different browsers on Pocket-Monkey and Deep net Explorer does not have this problem and neither does internet explorer. I only have this problem right now with FireFox. Deepnet Explorer is not the geatest browser but works good with most game sites.
Java's security flaws prompt warnings to disable the software Millions of computer users were advised Friday to temporarily disable Oracle's Java software because of security weaknesses that make their machines vulnerable to everything from virus-infected websites to 'ransomeware,' which often locks users out of their computers until they pay the perpetrators money.
Looks like Java 7 Update 10 and below have a security problem and the folks at Mozilla (at least) have decided to block it "for you."
My recommendation is to use Chrome to play at Pocket-Monkey. Chrome's default setting for plug-ins is to ask you before letting them run, and when it asks you, it has the option to run "always for this site." That means that you can use Java only at Pocket-Monkey (where you can be sure we don't take advantage of any security issues with it) and other sites you trust while not using Java on any sites you don't trust (or just don't know yet).
One irritation with recent versions of Chrome is that at first, it keeps asking you to "sign in" to Google. You do not need to do that if you don't want to, and if you click the "Skip for now" and then click the "most visited" link at the bottom of the blank-ish window when you first open it, it will minimize the nagging.
posted by froggy2 (Marie Frog :O)) on 01/12 at 14:23
What hasn't auto updated. So I will lose all of my games because of a update that I had no control over. I CAN'T PLAY GAMES HERE BECAUSE OF the NEW the java UPDATE, I was told to use Chrome and I will not use a site that has problems all the time just to play PM.
You can play your games without Java. See my note above, which has a link to how (a link to information that's been in the help all along for years for you to refer to).
You can use Chrome if you like, or not. The game-playing experience is much better (for now) if you have and use Java, and Chrome makes it entirely possible to have and use Java safely on PM without exposing yourself to risk from malicious websites.
I was told to use Chrome and I will not use a site that has problems all the time just to play PM.
Have used Chrome in the past but then, suddenly, was told the Chrome browser couldn't accommodate the larger Java program/application/size/?. So switched to Fire Fox (that, then, worked OK) but now....(sob).
Re: Java blocked plugins????
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posted by froggy2 (Marie Frog :O)) on 01/12 at 14:44
What is really sad is the email I got from PM, and I can't believe TJ would of wrote it that way it was written to me. I did send them a screen shot showing them just what is being showed on our games now.
I'm sorry you thought my comment about your ISP was rude. It wasn't meant to be, it was just clear (they told you something that was untrue, so I said that). I'm sorry if it came off differently.
-- T.J.
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posted by froggy2 (Marie Frog :O)) on 01/12 at 15:46
Thanks, I did send you a screen shot by email did you see it yet? I told my ISP that I was not having problems with PM till Java did their update. They told me that I have to have this new update to be safe. They asked me if I was having problems with any thing else and I told them no because I am not having problems. So I assumed that they knew what they were talking about. Chrome is a big problem for me and I like playing PM so much.
ISPs are notoriously poor at supporting anything other than their own products (and frequently even then).
You told me they told you that we at Pocket-Monkey needed to update something to be compatible with the latest Java. That is simply wrong. That's all I was trying to say. There is nothing we have to do at Pocket-Monkey to make our applet compatible with the latest Java plug-in.
The screenshot you sent says that the plug-in has security vulnerabilities. Again: The plug-in has security vulnerabilities. The plug-in is Java, not Pocket-Monkey. Pocket-Monkey uses the Java plug-in if you have it installed, but we are not responsible for the plug-in. The plug-in comes from Oracle Corporation.
The security concern is this: If you have the Java plug-in installed, and you have your browser set up to automatically run Java applets on any site you go to, and if the plug-in has a security vulnerability, then a site could use that vulnerability if you go to that site and the browser runs the plug-in and executes the site's malicious applet.
It's normal, though regrettable, for software to have security vulnerabilities. Operating systems do, browsers do, plug-ins do, word processors do, etc., etc. Right now, apparently someone's recently found a vulnerability in the Java plug-in, and so people are warning you not to use Java on random sites you don't trust, and Mozilla's gone so far as to have their browser not run it and warn you. But again, it's about people maliciously taking advantage of a flaw in the Java plug-in.
I hope you trust Pocket-Monkey not to do that. :-) Our applet does not attempt to do anything malicious, we do not attempt to make use of whatever this latest vulnerability is (or any other). You can safely use Java on our site.
In my notes above, I've outlined two ways you can play your games on Pocket-Monkey:
2. Using a browser like Chrome that lets you control which sites you allow it to run the Java plug-in on. That way, you can use the plug-in just on sites you trust, and not use it on random sites you don't trust.
posted by froggy2 (Marie Frog :O)) on 01/12 at 16:02
I totally trust what you are saying and I told them that you were not that kind of a site owner.Also told them that I would be letting you know what they said and that they better be right. I will try your one way and hope it's works. TJ you have always been a good and fair site owner who has always cared about your player here. Marie
Re: Java blocked plugins????
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posted by spock (Leonard Shatner) on 01/12 at 16:28
Could this have anything to do with reports that I hear on today's (Saturday) news that hackers have found a flaw in Java script code and so the suggestion is to disable the code running in the home computer? Or is Java and Java Script two separate things?
java always want u to update all the time n i dont do that
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