Protect your computer better by keeping Java updated, or eradicate it completely. Yasin Soliman explains.

Oracle's newly released Java 7 runtime is relatively painless to install and uninstall.

Did you remove all Java installations? Are you certain which runtime it's actually trying to use and removed that on? 10.11 can have both Java 6 and Java 8 on at the same time.

Do you have Java installed on your Mac? Well, you might want to rethink that decision, thanks to adware bundled with the latest Mac OS X installer from Oracle.