Thanks for the clarification, Frankie.  Makes sense, though the likelihood of needing even the JRE is low.

and the nightmare continues..........

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1131200-yet-another-java-zero-day/page__pid__595457854#entry595457854

That clinches it! No more cookies for Java!

Now I'm glad I got rid of Java. Maybe I'll switch to tea. lol

I could use a good cup o' Joe about now.

I have a Windows 8 and upon reading this thread decided it best to uninstall Java.

Now I'm getting pop-ups from Oracle asking me to let them in.

lulapilgrim... get rid of the notification module as well.

I have a friend who has Java on his laptop and he gets these popups telling him that Java has an update. I just told him to unistall it completely. Seems to me Oracle has their work cut out for them. OH S**T........................what about all those washing machines and dryers and radios and toasters and newfangled ovens and such. They're gonna hack your washer and steal all your duds. Don't cook your din din! Turn off the radio, leave your car home and take the shoe leather express instead and.........you can stop me at any time now.

Billions of devices.  Billions.

i would worry more about those older mobile phones that use java for menus or what not

Talk about topsy-turvy and then some. What if these guys hack into the wrong thing and screw their stuff up. They most likely have stuff that uses Java too. I'd love to see it come and bite them where the sun don't shine.

Got the popup again not long after turning on my computer. It asks will I allow Oracle America, Inc. to make changes to this program,  jucheck.exe ? 

A couple of questions, keeping in mind that I am a dinosaur about all these technical things.

I wonder is Oracle America, Inc someone who would benefit from having Java uninstalled?

Also I did not use the disable Java download that you offered but instead went to the uninstall program and uninstalled Java that way.

Is Java something that automatically comes with brand new computers because I certainly didn't tell the tech to install it?

Like most everything else computerwise, Java was just there and I gave it no never mind. Never had to update it or anything!

I think Java is present on most machines as OEM software and it is made by Oracle America.  The fact that it popped up after uninstalling Java suggests that jucheck.exe is 1) still there, and 2) set to start on boot up.

Oracle America, Inc., is the company's name, but I've never seen them refer to themselves as anything but "Oracle" in dialogs & such (but I don't have Win8).  jucheck.exe should have been deleted when Java was uninstalled (it was here), so I'd just search for the file & manually delete it.  You might want to disable it from starting up at boot first to avoid getting a 'missing app' error message later on boot up (not sure).

jucheck will go when Java is uninstalled. Its part of the Java package to remind you that updates are available. If one pops up just close out of it. A window will open up where the quick launch is on the right side of your taskbar asking if you want to update Java. That you can just close. Don't click on the window itself as that will give it the go-ahead to update Java.

Thank you Daiwa and Uvah.

I've been talking now to members of my family about Java and apparently those with Norton have already been notified and the problem solved! I have AVG and no such thing at least that I'm aware of.