Java’s shady bundled adware is no longer a Windows exclusive, as Oracle has started sneaking the Ask.com toolbar into the Mac version. Similar to the Windows version, Java for OS X now attempts to ...

Java has a lot of good things going for it. Without Java, we wouldn’t have Minecraft or Android. What’s more, Java powers scads of the interactive elements found on the Web. Just how far-reaching is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Continuing on with its strategy to build search share by gaining distribution partners, Microsoft has landed a deal to have its MSN Toolbar offered to anyone in the United States who downloads Java ...

Update 6/5/2015 11:58AM: Microsoft has updated its alert to clarify that only older versions of the Ask toolbar are a problem. An Ask.com spokesperson told us the company believes less than one ...