In Control Panel, click on 'Admin Tools' and choose 'Services' to open. Look in there for an entry 'Java Quick Starter', and right-click on that, choose 'Properties' and 'Disable'. If the entry isn't in there, that's even better.
Next, you should have the program 'Autoruns' from Microsoft's Tech Services, which is a very useful freebie you can get by clicking here. Its window looks like this:-
It shows you a complete list of everything on your computer that starts automatically when Windows starts your computer. You enable or disable any of these items simply by adding or removing the check mark from its little box on the left of its line, (with administrator privileges) along with other chores you can read about in the 'Help' files. There's an entry there for 'SunJavaUpdateSched' in the top section, which allows the Java Updater to keep checking for updates. Uncheck its little box to disable it.
There's also this free but temporary scanner available from Microsoft, but to get the correct one for your machine, instead of just clicking on the big blue 'Download Now' button at the top (which gives you a small file that isn't what you wanted) be sure to click on the text underneath the button saying 'Select your version'. That takes you to another little window with choices for '32-bit' or '64-bit'. Choose the one for your O/S and download that. It opens a small window during scanning, like this:-
And as they say, it expires in ten days, so it isn't a substitute for regular anti-virus, but rather is a quick check to see if your present protection missed anything.
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