Just thought i'd add a little note about the java plugin to realign the blame currently being put onto firefox.
All browsers don't have their own java engines. Even internet explorer which comes with windows runs java applets with microsoft's own java virtual machine which is getting a bit behind the times now (they've discontinued it). This means that in order to run the most up-to-date java applets embedded in webpages you still need to download the latest java plugin or java runtime environment for any browser that you use. This is the "Java program which runs in the background".
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