I know it because I am seeing it ( for the past several days) with my own two eyes.
Just to check I have just gone to the avast on a machine I have here. I checked its software updater. It reports several available including one or more for Jave. Clicked on it and was brought here:

http://download.cnet.com/Java-Runtime-Environment-JRE/3014-2378_4-10009607.html?part=runtime_32

You try and and see for yourself.

Ed