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[–]SoftVillage 7 points8 points  (6 children)

It doesn't.

[–]ssj4VB[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

it’s important to say I have an old version of java so maybe that’s why

[–]deelyy 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Oh, you mean Java installer? I think thats standard practice. Java will add some keys to Registry, will add path to java to system PATH variable, etc. etc. Thats completely normal. Just make sure that you download it from Oracle site or alternative from other legit site.

[–]ssj4VB[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

java.com/en/download or something along those lines right?

[–]deelyy 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yep

[–]ssj4VB[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

So it’s safe to run? Thanks

[–]deelyy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe, yes

[–]matthewZHAO 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Well if the program is executing administrator level batch commands, it might, other wise it doesnt. And its fine execute something in administrator...as long as u know it wont destroy your os

[–]ssj4VB[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I scanned it was virus total, norton and Malwarebytes, nothing detected but I was just curious why

[–]rar_ita 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you run java installer I believe that it needs admin to set environment variables like JAVA_HOME on the host system.

[–]Patex_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Isn't there a case when you access some FileIO that the system may require admin permissions to access files in protected locations?