

I myself completely removed Java (and therefore, any Java-based apps) from my computer about three years ago. Quote from their conclusion: “As the numbers show, Java is still one of the 8 most vulnerable software apps exposing your computer to cyber attacks.” Quote from the article: “In 2015 alone,” “we’ve already deployed 105925 patches for Java Runtime Environment for our clients.” By the way, they even happened to mention Martin Brinkmann’s (Ghacks author) own experiment to ditch Java plugins. For that reason alone, I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole.ġ0 months ago (July 22nd, 2015) security firm Heimdal Security published a well-documented, well-referenced article about the continuing risks of Java. This program requires you install Java on your PC. The program supports file hosting services and other sites, premium accounts, a link grabber that monitors the clipboard of the device for links, extensions that add more functionality such as archive extraction or download scheduling, and even automatic captcha solving. JDownloader 2 has been designed to make the downloading of files from the Internet easier. Also, JDownloader 2 requires Java but it appears to ship with a version so that Java does not have to be installed on the device to use the application. If you download the official installer, your anti-virus solution may flag it as malicious or problematic because of the integrated adware in the installer. You can avoid those by using clean installers instead which you find listed on the official forum. Note: JDownloader 2's main installer ships with third-party offers. The new version of the program is already listed for download on the official website, but the changelog has not been updated yet to reflect the changes of the new JDownloader version.
