"Here is a link to the story about adware on the Mac," David Passell writes. "I have noticed the 'Ask...' banner for search. I use Mozilla and i can select search engine. I use 'duck duck go.'
"I haven't used Safari for some time. I wonder if it defaults to the search engine and browser described in the article." Take a look and see how it affects you.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-extends-its-adware-bundling-to-include-java-for-macs/ tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61
As always, keep aware and keep alert.