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  1. Bug #313439
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 313439

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Jan Minář (rdancer) wrote : Re: [Bug 313439] Re: Opening a Java Archive (.JAR) file executes it regardless of the "executable" permission bit

> * Java is generally pretty safe (although I am sure someone will post something to prove otherwise). Even if a malicious file was run the hopes are that the user isn't running the file as root (he/she would have to enter a password regardless) so the whole system would be affected...

Java *applets* are pretty safe. Java *applications* can do anything
any other program can do.