Java (apparently versions 4-7) have a serious security flaw that is being exploited to steal users personal and banking information and may have other serious security ramifications. Even Homeland Security has recommended that all users disable Java in their browsers. Apparently Microsoft has not gotten around to disabling Java like Mozilla/Firefox, Apple and others have done. See -

• http://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/01/11/protecting-users-against-java-vulnerability/
• various links - https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%22homeland+security+emergency+readiness+java%22&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&tbs=qdr%3Ay&gbv=1

I knew this to be the reason, I am looking for a solution so I can go and play Pogo games that use Java. It has even been expressed on the news and on several sites and is also posted on Pogo as the issue, but there is a way to play Java games and be safe and I am pursuing that avenue, not information on why it is not working.

talbertsmom said:

"...but there is a way to play Java games and be safe and I am pursuing that avenue..."

If you know that method/way, please describe it in detail or post a link to where you found that information. Thanks.

I surely will and thank you for trying to help, the only solution is not to give up trying at this point and I am not giving up yet. Also if I can find the path of discovering how to achieve it I will want others to have that information also. Sorry if i can actoss snippy, I need my Pogo fix and all the frustrations getting to it has brought on a migraine and I should have been more careful because you do not bite the hand that feeds you or could create the gold key to fixing the problem. Thank you again!

According to the More system details next to your initial posting you have the Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_38 for Mozilla browsers installed and activated in Firefox.

According to Pogo Help, that 1.6.0_38 plugin is recommended as an alternative to 1.7.0.
https://help.ea.com/article/known-security-risk-announced-for-java-7

Yes sir, this is the first place I started in my quest on trying to get firefox to open the games in Pogo. I had followed the directions it gave numerous times, at least 5 or more times. Then I went to EA support and actually chatted with techs there 3 times because I have had no success. The Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_38 works and has no problems when I use other browser IE but because of so many issues of viruses and security problems (also other issues) from living in a very rural area and not having fiber optic internet services offered.

(it is 5 miles of fiber optics from larger town, then 10 miles of no fiber optics but old technology bell wire and then 5 miles to town. It returns to fiber optics which causes unusual and unstable problems beyond the normal spectrum of most internet uses.)

Because of Mozilla I have not had any breaches in security since I have introduced it to my system or systems over the last six years. this is the reason I am so driven to find a way to get back to my normal routine.

Oracle has released a Java 7 Update 11 to address security vulnerabilities and you should update to that version.

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-to-use-java-if-its-been-blocked

See also:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java#Windows_installation_issues

According to this bug on the Oracle site http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8005410 , the problem occurs because their installer did not properly recognize prior Java versions and is compounded by a problem with systems having the JavaFX stand-alone application installed.

So, if you see JavaFX in your list of installed programs (Windows: Control Panel), remove it. It might also be best to remove all Java from your system before installing the new Java.

I would recommend JavaRa to uninstall all previous Java from your system, but, sadly, it has not been updated since October 2012 and does not include and will not find more recent versions of Java files and/or registry keys.

Oracle has released Java 7 update 11 to address the vulnerability recently recognized in Java 7 update 10 and some prior versions. Java 6 update 38 was not updated; support for the Java 6 versions ends in February 2013.

See also "Update JavaRa’s Definitions":

• http://singularlabs.com/software/javara/javara-2-0-documentation/
• http://content.thewebatom.net/updates/javara/JavaRa.def

The file still doesn't have the latest Java 6 and Java 7 definitions

Thank you so much, for once in my computer life I knew what the problem was, what caused it, why it was caused, what it did, what it made it do and most importantly how to fix it and to do it correctly and expeditiously. I can not Thank You all enough for all of the help! I also have Pogo mailed this to all on my friends list, where they have all learned as I have and have fixed theirs also. and the message is being spread. Thank You again, I just can not say it enough.

Hi, I am new at this quetion/help cause if I have to use IE I am going to scream. I read your problem with your pogo and was stunned, sounded just like mine. I have tried everything I can, and I still cat't fix it. Can you be so kind as to send me the info that you got to fix it, sorry I don't no where to go to get it. Thank you and have a great day

Guys... i don't know what all you guys have done to resolve java issue on PC. But i called to a Technical support company and they took the remote of my pc and fix the issue .. Just like that !!!

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