If a few days ago the Lenovo computer company faced harsh criticism that it had included certain software in its computers that led to the appearance of uncontrolled advertising when using them, it is now Rich Trouton, a computer administrator of the Apple brand who has noticed that the Java installer for Mac adds an advertising bar when you install it.
It has been verified that depending on where we obtain the Java installer for Mac, we can have a clean installer or an installer in which the annoying Ask.com bar is also added, which does not come to be anything other than a adware which should not be bound to the Java installer.
That is why Oracle is the company that is now facing these new controversies regarding the inclusion of this second installer of the Ask.com bar in the package that we are discussing. Although all we have to do is uncheck the box when installing Java for Mac so that it does not install, there are many users who do not do this process and, therefore, the Ask.com bar will be added to the Safari browser.
In the event that the Java installer is downloaded from Oracle's own website, where right now you can download Java 8 Update 40, you will see that the new installer that you get is an application and not a software package as in previous versions, thus solving the problem we are talking about.
Now, what many users do to get the Java installer for Mac is to Google directly by typing "Java for Mac" that's when the problem comes. In those cases, we may be downloading an installer that brings the famous Ask.com bar as a gift. The installer adds an extension with this bar to the OS X default browser (Safari, Chrome or Firefox).
If you have already undergone the installation of this bar, in order to eliminate this type of adware you can make use of the application AdwareMedic for Mac. With it you can delete all adware from OS X.