Java update: It’s a trap!

Last week, when I booted my computer up in the morning, there was a java update waiting for me. I entered auto-pilot mode and when the installer window popped up, I quickly accepted the EULA, and pressed next, next, next, until the install began. During the Java update, I was lucky that my quick reflexes were able to stop me from installing the yahoo toolbar, which is put into one of the steps pretty cheekily.

Why, Sun, do you check the yahoo toolbar option by default? Ok, I know the reason: money. Come on Sun, this is as low as prostitution. I am not even a big fan of Java in the first place. If it was up to me, everything should be written in each computer’s native architecture. But that is another issue.

So, Sun, would you please remove the yahoo toolbar from your java updates.

thanks,

Adrian