Microsoft Java Virtual Machine for Internet Explorer allows you to view java applets on Web pages. This latest verison is later than the one shipping with IE 5.01

Changes :
Fixed a vulnerability that could make it possible for an attacker to gain control over another user's system via a flaw in a database support function
Fixed a vulnerability that, at the least, could enable an attacker to cause Internet Explorer to fail
Fixed a vulnerability that could make it possible for an attacker to gain control over another user's system via a flaw in a function that supports XML
Requirement: Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
More info:
hxxp://www.microsoft.com/java/vm/dl_vm40.htm