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Old December 10th 04, 04:24 PM
Jose
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Java is not executable code. Java is interpreted code. It can be irritating
(like popups that won't go away), but it cannot be harmful.


This is a fine point that is important in some contexts. However, it
is code. It causes your machine to do something interactive (granted,
at the behest of the interpreter). It can certainly be harmful - a
trivial example is a popup loop that crashes the machine. Similarly,
Microsoft Word documents with scripts built in are also interpreted,
but can carry viruses and trojans.

I turn the stuff off.

Jose
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