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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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
    2013-01-10T00:55:40+00:00

    Thank you for meaningful info.  What a rariety.  I was required to install Cisco's Envelope Tools, http://applet.postx.com,  in order to recieve a secure document, not a common practice, which apparently required JAVA and asked to enable SSVHelper Java Browser Helper Object.  The document appeared before I'd enabled it, and your reply led me to disallow it.  Again, thanks.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-04T03:33:40+00:00

    Why do you want to know?

    dax1792,

    your arrogance is overwhelming -- you did not ask the question, you did not even answered it properly, and then you are arrogant enough to ask "Why do you want to know?"....

    I agree with Steve, you should not be a community star member, if you have this attitude that "only you should know the "why""....

    please serve the community, or dont, but dont just surve your ego...

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-12-13T14:49:38+00:00

    Although I do not dispute what you say, Pippin33, after having taught college and university courses, I have learned that even highly educated, technical scientists do not understand computers, operating systems, or software applications, and some of the wording used may still have been above the novice's understanding.  After many experiences as this, I stopped assuming that even the smartest of adults could read between the lines, because it is a "new" language to them.  Yes, what you say is correct for a rookie in the field, but not for a novice looking in from the outside.  No disrespect intended.

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