Today I updated my Java version to 7u51. After the installation, I cleared Java Cache, browser\'s Cache, and logged into a secure website that uses an Applet to provide cert
Not exactly the same problem for me, because I was running the last java version 1.8.0_92, IE v11 and windows 7.
My situation was also that I had Chrome as the default browser.
So what for me fixed it, was to set IExplorer as the default browser again, uninstall Java, go to Java.com using the IExplorer, and from the IExplorer download and install Java again to the last version.