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What is the Java TM Plug in SSV Helper

Anonymous
2011-06-10T23:54:12+00:00

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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-06-11T01:41:43+00:00

    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

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-08T03:36:16+00:00

    The answer does not answer:

    "What is the Jave TM Plug in SSV Helper?"

    So, it's part of Java; what is it?

    "Do I need it?"

    Well, do I? What for?

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-12-08T10:33:03+00:00

    Why do you want to know?

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-12-16T16:56:28+00:00

    What we want to know is exactly what this particular part of Java does and if it is necessary for it to be enabled.

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