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If this were “recommended”, it would be an option in the Java installer, marked as the recommended course of action. And no, I have never uninstalled a previous version of Java before installing the new version AND have never had a problem with Java sending me to a foreign site for an update. Indeed, when using Java’s own updater to update, since the Avast! Software Updater sent me to that German site, everything went as normal and expected, i.e. I was sent to the English Java site for updates to both 32 and 64 bit versions. It was only the Avast! Software Updater that did this, and only this time, in spite of my always installing updates without uninstalling previous versions. They are, after all, technically an “update”.