Search:

A quick google search of "java exploits" will give you tons of information: https://www.google.com/search?q=java+exploits&tbm=nws

Or you can get it straight from the horse's mouth here and here...

Given the recent exploits of applets, I wouldn't count on that.



You're asking us to explain to you why people think something that isn't true. They do so because they don't know enough to know...