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javaw.exe file information

The process Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition binary or Java launcher or Java(TM) Platform SE binary belongs to the software Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Update or javaw.exe or IBM Rapid Restore PC or IBM Rapid Restore Ultra or SmartSound Quicktracks Plugin or Java 2 Runtime Environment or GridIron XLR or HP ProCurve Manager or ZendStudioClient- or hp LaserJet 1010 Series or Macromedia HomeSite or DVD Solution or CJEP Image Capture or hp LaserJet 1150 / or Winpower or Automize or Java 2 SDK Standard Edition or Oracle 8i or Microsoft OLE or DD Tournament Poker Patch or IBM Developer Kit for Windows, Java 2, or PRISMIQ MediaManager or AbleFtp or Goldenseal Demo or Dell OpenManage Active or Sonic.net Accelerator or Corda or IDAutomation.com Code 39 Free or Macromedia Dreamweaver or LexiCom or MapSource or Puzzle Pirates or Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager v1.16- or Yahoo! SiteBuilder or Plantronics Merge Module or IHMC CmapServer v or Verizon Media Manager or Blurb BookSmart or QuickBooks or Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U or Outerinfo or XpoLog Center or Belkin Automatic Power or javaw.exe" -vt yazb by Sun Microsystems, Inc (www.sun.com) or Hewlett-Packard (www.hp.com) or IBM Australia or Macromedia or LSI Logic Corp or Intuit Inc (www.intuit.com).

Description: javaw.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in the folder C:\Windows\System32 or in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings" - generally C:\WINDOWS\system32\ or C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_02\bin\. Known file sizes on Windows XP are 20572 bytes (57% of all occurrence), 20549 bytes, 49250 bytes, 45163 bytes, 28779 bytes, 28775 bytes, 20576 bytes, 28768 bytes, 135168 bytes, 49247 bytes, 20555 bytes, 53346 bytes, 24671 bytes, 42032 bytes, 24672 bytes, 28771 bytes, 20544 bytes, 24674 bytes, 42072 bytes, 20056 bytes, 24576 bytes.
It is not a Windows core file. The process listens for or sends data on open ports to LAN or Internet. The program is not visible. The process has no file description. Therefore the technical security rating is 66% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

External information from Paul Collins:

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Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as javaw.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the javaw.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

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Flex 2 Builder's core... Uses 100-200mb of memory
   
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it's belongs to SUN, and used by Silicon Image SATA RAID monitor application.
  lor  
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so funny comments here. java kills performance *lol* Software runs "within" java. that software is killing the performance. If your run a game, not windows is killing performance its the game! even if the game runs within windows
  marvin   (further information)
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Java app. Harmless, and if you are complaining about it slowing down your system, please upgrade your PC! No effect on my setup: AMD Ath 2x 5000+, 1 GB RAM + Cheap hard drive.
  Adam  
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"Hello World" in Java+Swing eats up 18 MB. If that's not a memory hog, nothing is! I rank this neutral because it's not necessarily dangerous, but performance may be degraded by useless java apps running in the background. Also, java can be used for trojans just as easily as anything else, so be sure you know *what* programs are using javaw to run on your sys.
  JavaProgrammer  
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You are crazy. It's a (SUN) java process... not dangerous by itself being implemented. 75 MB memory is usual. Buy some more RAM.
  Don Felipe  
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Java service
  TonyT   (further information)
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no, i want this file for any software installtion
  maharmyo  
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It's the java runtime. Programs written in java use it to run.
  Hagbard Celine  
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It Runs Azureus, When you block it all your downloads will stop.
  Dusten Paetsch  
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It's Java virtual machine, windowless. Java is a memory hog and prone to be unstable. Coding GUI in Java is hard and the end result is both inferior to native windows GUI and MUCH MORE resource intensive. While a good idea, JVM has bad performance in comparisson to native compilations. You can find java.exe and javaw.exe on your disk and delete them if you want to disable this in a messy way.
  Jack  
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to run this file we need an IDE as a compulsory.
  M.Ramakrishna   (further information)
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Summary: 129 users think javaw.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 14 users think it's probably harmless. 54 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 30 users suspect danger. 24 users think javaw.exe is dangerous and recommend to remove it.. 14 users doesn't grade javaw.exe ("not sure about it").

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