SillyDog701

[FrankoSport]

Greetings ...

Just did a VirusScan cleanup of my PC. One file was infected and the Scan program recommended deletion and replacement. This file was located in the Sun Java version 1.0 group.

Is it possible to replace a previous version of Java that was damaged by viruses? If so, just tell me what to do.

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[Don_HH2K]

You could always go download the installer to Java again up at Sun's website, even though I'm sure Java 1.0 is no longer available. You can still get J2SE 1.4.2_06 (the latest 1.4 release) or J2SE 1.5.0_01 (the latest 1.5 release) up at Sun's website, http://www.sun.com . If you do need to do testing with older Java releases for any reason, there is an old version of Java 1.3.1 up at Netscape's servers somewhere, I can take a look for it if you want.

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[profman]

In my experience, the JAVA files infected have been in some sort of JAVA cache directory. If this is the case, deleting the cached file (and emptying your trash can) will get rid of the infection.

An infection in any other file might be more serious. You could always move or remove the infected file and see if it effects the function of JAVA. If it does, you would probably have to remove JAVA, delete any leftover JAVA files (at least, the infected one), and re-install a new JAVA which is compatible with your system.

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