JGM, did you uninstall the old version of java? in addition to keeping java up-to-date, you also have to be sure to uninstall the old versions..
it is best to not have java installed, but, if, for some reason, you have to have it installed, you need to keep it up-to-date and you need to uninstall the old versions..
if you can't think of any reason for having "java" installed, you probably don't need it installed..