Now it appears that things have been fixed. For starters, the company is offering this very important link that allows users to run a quick scan to determine whether the Java environment installation is up to date.
[ How does Apple get away with this badware behavior? ]
I ran the tool on a Vista installation and not only did it find and patch my Java, it actually removed all remnants of the Update 11 environment.
The update process still has a badware component. Sun is bundling the MSN Toolbar with the Java patch and it's pre-checked by default.
Ugh!
* Hat tip: ISC Sans diary.
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