Java Runtime/ c drive full - can't figure out why?

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Okay - I'll try to be brief. Yesterday, I spent the entire day trying to make
some room on my c drive because it was full to capacity - 0%. Through the
help of many of the threads on these discussion boards, I was able to get it
up to 17% and finally defrag. It is only a matter of time before it happens
again - I'm already down to 10% today. When looking at the different programs
I have installed, I noticed "J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 3." I'm not
sure how it got on my computer and it is currently taking up a lot of space
(117 mb according to my control panel). It is the second highest program in
terms of mb and I'm wondering if it may be causing my problem. Today the
little Java icon was down at my lower right corner most of the day - never
happened before. I've also had some spyware and virus issues recently, but I
thought they were all taken care of - when I run various programs - they all
come up empty-handed. I've never had my c-drive go to capacity before and I
was given very little notice that I needed to do something about it. In fact,
I thought it was a scam pop-up at first and made the mistake of ignoring it
for a couple days. I am using Windows XP. Any help would be fantastic!!
 
From: "WhyOhWhy311" <[email protected]>

| Okay - I'll try to be brief. Yesterday, I spent the entire day trying to make
| some room on my c drive because it was full to capacity - 0%. Through the
| help of many of the threads on these discussion boards, I was able to get it
| up to 17% and finally defrag. It is only a matter of time before it happens
| again - I'm already down to 10% today. When looking at the different programs
| I have installed, I noticed "J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 3." I'm not
| sure how it got on my computer and it is currently taking up a lot of space
| (117 mb according to my control panel). It is the second highest program in
| terms of mb and I'm wondering if it may be causing my problem. Today the
| little Java icon was down at my lower right corner most of the day - never
| happened before. I've also had some spyware and virus issues recently, but I
| thought they were all taken care of - when I run various programs - they all
| come up empty-handed. I've never had my c-drive go to capacity before and I
| was given very little notice that I needed to do something about it. In fact,
| I thought it was a scam pop-up at first and made the mistake of ignoring it
| for a couple days. I am using Windows XP. Any help would be fantastic!!
|

V5 update 3 is an old an vulnerable version.

If you are using any version of Sun Java that is prior to JRE Version 6.0,
then you are strongly urged to remove any/all versions.
There are numerous vulnerabilities in them and they are actively being exploited.

It is highly suggested that you update to the latest version which is Sun Java JRE/JSE
Version 6.0

Simple check, look under...
C:\Program Files\Java

The only folder under that folder should be the latest version.

Such as...
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

FYI:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102557-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102622-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102648-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102732-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102760-1


Remove all version from "Add/Remove Programs" and install v6.
Run the Java Control Panel applet and set the Java Cache to 10MB.
 
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