Regarding Java error "security alert said Javaw.exe wanted to be cleared through the firewall"

Question

so I just now started minecraft and all of a sudden out of nowhere a security alert said Javaw.exe wanted to be cleared through the firewall, cautious as i am i naturally pressed cancel, however the game still runs fine i should also point out this is the first time I have seen this message and I was wondering if this is a legit message from the OS or if this could be some badstuff

Hope someone will get  back to me soon

nukEfest

Answer 1

I doubt you have anything to worry about, it was very likely just the Java auto-updater checking (it checks ever month or week).  So what you probably declined was just said "no" to allowing it to reach out to the server.  No harm in that, you can still update Java on your own anytime at www.java.com.

Answer 2

Now the same thing happened with firefox

What on earth is this?

Answer 3

The thing is the java updater has never requested to be allowed through the firewall before, ever so i find it sort of wierd

Thanks for the quick response by the way

Answer 4

When I said first time seing this message I meant it's the first time this has happened like this; While opening a java based program