Step 6: If you haven’t turned off Java in all of your browsers, turn off Java in each of your selected Java-free browsers. In Internet Explorer 9 or 10, click on the gear icon in the upper-right ...

Oracle's Java is a programming language that's used in browser plug-ins. It's used by vendors to make applications function across operating systems.

To disable Java on a Windows machine, one should click on the Java icon in the control panel and then uncheck the box for “enable Java content in the browser” on the security panel.