Oracle has issued a patch for loopholes in its Java program that was being actively abused by cyber-thieves.

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VM, in effect, simulates a computer within a computer, which can adapt any Java program to run on any computer.

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The program also blocks cookies and prevents Java scripts and ActiveX controls from running on your hard drive.

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In fact, the company has already taken steps to protect users of its computers from Java vulnerabilities by disabling the program by default in Web browsers on Mac OSX late last year.

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When attacks against Java began appearing last month, security researchers advised users to disable the program until the flaw was patched.

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Migrants from Java, they were dispersed as part of the Indonesian government's decades-old transmigration program, designed to ease Javanese population pressures by encouraging relocation to the outer islands.

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