Apple Releases Java Updates for OS X, Updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_41

Apple has released updated versions of Java for OS X, following a prominent hacking of Apple employees' Macs, plus the remote blocking of the Java plugin due to security vulnerabilities. This is the standard quarterly update of Java 6 that Apple distributes, while customers looking for Java 7 should download straight from Oracle. The update includes the malware removal tool mentioned earlier that will "remove the most common variants of malware". If malware is found, the user is notified -- othe...