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Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherJava installer for Mac OS X installs adware :(
Just a heads up that Oracle is now bundling the Ask Toolbar with its Java installer for Macs
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points...and apparently you still have to manage all kinds of settings you shouldn't have to manage in order to prevent accidentally installing it on security updates, too.
Noah Schill
10,020 PointsSellouts xD jk
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsGavin Ralston
28,770 PointsBen Jakuben I think you have to very carefully read the download links on Oracle's site.
You can still "opt out" but you don't do it from the installer, rather you bake in the Ask toolbar right there at the download link. (YMMV, that's how I recall installing the new JRE on Windows and Linux)
Obfuscation FTL.