For a long time Oracle is installed with Java on Windows computers toolbar advertising service Ask.com. It is learned that the company decided to extend this practice and on a Mac.
"Unwanted extension Ask now included in the package installer Java. Starting with version 8 Update 40 Java on the Mac is loaded advertising services for the default browser - Safari, Chrome, etc. "- says Ed board of Zdnet.
During the download Java are asked to select the installation of various toolbars. This can be a search service Ask Search - appear for users who choose not to install Ask toolbar during loading Java - and the panel purchases Ask Shopping. Last offered to users who have already installed the Ask Search.
From the description of the service Oracle:
"Ask Toolbar support handy advanced search various goods, links to popular sites online sales and/or content for sales, such as coupons, and information about special offers of different sellers. Panel displays the most diverse content, grocery lists and visual results of products".
Users who do not want to download to your computer Ask Search and Ask Shopping, have to give up the Java installation in a standard way. To avoid loading on Mac advertising service, open dm-installer image, right click on the file «Java 8 Update 40.app», select "Show Package Contents" and run the setup file from the folder JavaAppletPlugin.pkg / Contents / Resources /.