Terminal 2.5 (353)

Question

I needed to update my Minecraft program and it asked me to update some older version of a Java application. I installed it and Minecraft is now working. The backside of it is that every time I start my iMac (using OS X Yosemite version 10.10.1) there is a program that starts and opens itself to the desktop. It is really annoying and I can not get rid of it to not open up every time I start the iMac. The program that starts: Terminal 2.5 (353).
A window pops up showing " - java - 80x24" in the header and then it shows the following string:
/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java ; exit;
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
           (to execute a class)
   or  java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...]
           (to execute a jar file)
where options include:
    -d32          use a 32-bit data model if available
    -d64          use a 64-bit data model if available (implies -server, only for x86_64)
    -client   to select the "client" VM
    -server   to select the "server" VM
    -jvm   is a synonym for the "client" VM  [deprecated]
    -hotspot   is a synonym for the "client" VM  [deprecated]
                  The default VM is client.
    -cp <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
    -classpath <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
                  A : separated list of directories, JAR archives,
                  and ZIP archives to search for class files.
    -D<name>=<value>
                  set a system property
    -verbose[:class|gc|jni]
                  enable verbose output
    -version      print product version and exit
    -version:<value>
                  require the specified version to run
    -showversion  print product version and continue
    -jre-restrict-search | -jre-no-restrict-search
                  include/exclude user private JREs in the version search
    -? -help      print this help message
    -X            print help on non-standard options
    -ea[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
    -enableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
                  enable assertions
    -da[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
    -disableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
                  disable assertions
    -esa | -enablesystemassertions
                  enable system assertions
    -dsa | -disablesystemassertions
                  disable system assertions
    -agentlib:<libname>[=<options>]
                  load native agent library <libname>, e.g. -agentlib:hprof
                    see also, -agentlib:jdwp=help and -agentlib:hprof=help
    -agentpath:<pathname>[=<options>]
                  load native agent library by full pathname
    -javaagent:<jarpath>[=<options>]
                  load Java programming language agent, see java.lang.instrument
    -splash:<imagepath>
                  show splash screen with specified image
logout
I appreciate if someone can help me with what I need to do so it does not automatically starts up and opens every time I start my iMac.

Answer 1

Look at System Preferences > Users & Groups : Login Items. If Terminal is listed there, select it, and press the - button to remove it. Quit System Preferences. On the next reboot, you should be free of the Terminal toaster effect — if the System Preference setting was the only reason.