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
    2016-07-01T21:30:09+00:00

    The overwhelming number of near-useless, tautological replies to this question here and elsewhere is pretty disappointing.

    Here is what I discovered, buried inthis bug report on Sun's Java community:

    "This object is responsible for a propagation of Java Plug-in settings from admin account to all regular (non admin) user accounts. In other words if SSVHelper is registered with IE then the only thing admin needs to do in order to switch from a new Java Plug-in to an old Java Plug-in is to run from a command line: ssvagent.exe -high -jpisetup -old or uncheck a checkbox "Enable the next generation Java Plug-n" in Java Control Panel. In both cases changes will be propagated to non admin user accounts."

    Therefore, if you are not in a managed, Enterprise environment—as in, this is your own personal computer—then the SSVHelper Java Browser Helper Object does nothing useful for you, and can be safely disabled.

    I know this old but I'm posting anyway because people still use the information in these posts. It not necessarily true that if you are using a personal pc without being in a managed environment that you don't need the plug-in. There are some sites that use the plug-in so its a good idea to keep it. If you find it in your browser there's a good chance it's there for a reason. 

    I removed mine a while back and it caused multiple problems in browsing my regular sites. I don't which sites use it but once I put it back every site I frequent worked fine again

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-12-26T16:12:37+00:00

    This article answers the question in simple and clear terms for everybody (was asking same question today in 2016) - if you are a single user you don't need to enable it, if you are a corporate, multi-computer organisation it is designed for you and enables you to update/delete updates without having to do it individually on each computer.

    http://archive.techarp.com/showarticle4fc4.html?artno=762&pgno=0

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-01-17T12:08:47+00:00

    Thank you so very, very much for giving a straight answer and for doing the research.

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