What is the Java TM Plug in SSV Helper

Question

What is the Jave TM Plug in SSV Helper?

Do I need it?

If I don't need it, how do I get rid of it?

I'm running Windows Vista.

Answer 1

Java is a programming language. You need something called the Java Runtime Environment to run programs written in Java. The Plugin is part of that. A small number of websites also use this. The Java Runtime Environment will appear in Programs and Features in the Control Panel and can be uninstalled from there. Unfortunately, there is a bug in the uninstallation that leaves the entry for the plugin in the Internet Explorer Manage Addons window after Java is uninstalled. This is harmless because the file has been deleted. To remove the entry in Manage Addons would require editing the Registry.

This bug has been known since at least 2008, but nothing seems to have been done about it.

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6747116

Answer 2

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index-jsp-141438.html

It can be disabled if you do not need to run Java applets from the Internet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_plugin

Answer 3

Hahaha Apparently nobody knows what it does or why you may need it... which likely means you don't.

Answer 4

I wonder if you ever received a helpful answer? I'm SO TIRED of having to install stuff because I MAY need it at SOME point.

So, any help would be great.

Good luck & thanks!

Answer 5

Uninstall Java and see how you get on. You will probably find you don't need it.