QUESTION: My uninstall program list has an entry "Java (TM) 6 Update 3" with size 133 MB. There's nothing under "publisher" and no "program installed date." I want to uninstall it, but when I click on it there's also no "uninstall" button on top, only "organize" and "views." . . . SO: (1) what is it and where did it come from? (2) how do I uninstall it?

BACKGROUND: I ran an Avast boot-time scan which found "Java: Agent-WC." One of the forums said to get rid of it I should uninstall Java and reinstall it (v.6.0 or higher). This is what I was trying to do.



NOTE: I'm an old guy with only a shallow understanding of this stuff, so it would be great if you could keep it as simple as possible consistent with telling me what I should do. Thanks for any help.

That's what I did, with the result I described. The info shows no publisher, no install date, and there's no uninstall button.

Thanks, Rich, I'll try it.

Originally Posted by bethesda

QUESTION: My uninstall program list has an entry "Java (TM) 6 Update 3" with size 133 MB. There's nothing under "publisher" and no "program installed date." I want to uninstall it, but when I click on it there's also no "uninstall" button on top, only "organize" and "views." . . . SO: (1) what is it and where did it come from? (2) how do I uninstall it?

BACKGROUND: I ran an Avast boot-time scan which found "Java: Agent-WC." One of the forums said to get rid of it I should uninstall Java and reinstall it (v.6.0 or higher). This is what I was trying to do.

NOTE: I'm an old guy with only a shallow understanding of this stuff, so it would be great if you could keep it as simple as possible consistent with telling me what I should do. Thanks for any help.

You can use third party uninstaller programs for better solution. You can download the software from the internet free of cost and try the uninstall process.

it sounds like somebody deleted files and and in programs and feature the uninstall was removed with the files. if you open computer, see your harddrive right click it and open list of folder comes up right click on program files and it list all programs and somebody must of deleted it there first before deleting from program and feature.
you can redownload java and it should say files already exist do you want to copy over it, click ok. then go in program and feature to uninstall it. if it doesnt, then somebody deleted the files.