How-To Geek  The Shameful Saga of Uninstalling the Terrible Ask
Toolbar   If you managed to get infected with the absolutely
terrible Ask Toolbar on your computer, don’t be ashamed – it
could happen to anybody. Especially considering that is bundled
with the equally awful Java runtime. Those people should be
ashamed of themselves.  We’ve repeatedly pleaded with our
readers to get rid of Java since it’s just one giant security
hole these days, but sadly, there’s some applications that
require Java to run, including on one of our test machines here.
What we usually do is install the updates for Java, and then
double-check to make sure that the browser plugin is disabled.
After running through a security update for the latest Java this
morning, there was a terrible accident. Sadly, it didn’t involve
falling into a vat of acid and creating a super villain – it was
much worse. We accidentally installed the Ask Toolbar.  To try
and excuse our terrible mistake, you have to understand…  during
the install process, t