Kaspersky repeatedly advises of "important" Java update but every update attempt in Kaspersky fails "because Chrome is running" (though Chrome is not actually open).

After closing Chrome as prompted in the Kaspersky dialog, still the update fails.

Six or more Chromes are listed in Task Manager. Attempts to End task on any of these gives an alert saying that Pocket or Kaspersky etc. is crashing, so I back out.

Every attempt to uninstall Java gives an alert telling me that something (doesn't say what) is already in the process of being installed and asking me to try again later. Always the same. Never happens.

What's going on here?