Come September 2016, the perennial threat vector otherwise known as the Java plugin will be deprecated and well on its way to being dead, decreased, and thankfully, an ex-plugin.

Citing security and market forces as primary factors, Oracle said it will drop support for the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9.

With the demise of Adobe Flash on the way, Oracle has announced via a very short blog post that come JDK 9 later this year, the Java browser plugin will be deprecated.

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Oracle has announced that it will kill the much-maligned Java browser plugin in the next release of the Java Development Kit, slated for release next year.

The Java browser plugin has been exploited in several critical malware attacks in recent months, including the high-profile Flashback malware campaign that targeted Macs in early 2012.

For the few occasions where a person does need Java, such as accessing a business payroll site, they advise using a separate browser that runs Java.