Where did that Java 2 icon come from?

[Gustavus]

This morning a lamp icon for the Java 2 platform showed up in the tray on my computer. I have made no changes to my machine and have not authorized any software download or update. If I click on it, it opens a box saying version 1.5.0. I assume it is innocuous, but don't know how it got there -- and obviously don't want it in the tray.

Anyone know what Sun is up to and how they surreptiously managed to load the software on my machine?

Thanks.

 

[PurdueRy]

All it takes is going to any page that needs to java client and clicking the ok button. Not a big deal, if you don't want it in the tray there is an preferences page...not sure how I usually get to it but you can turn it off easily.