What is Concise?

Concise is software application developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 64.79% of installations running this operating system. The most common release is 2013.0.0.0 with 53.52% of all installations currently using this version.

Concise is most popular in India with 63.75% of installations residing in this country.

Concise adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Concise is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

javaw.exe is added as a firewall exception for '%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\javaw.exC:*:enableC:Sun Java (v1.5.0_11) JavaW'.
java.exe is added as a firewall exception for '%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\java.exC:*:enableC:Sun Java (v1.5.0_11)'.

Scheduled tasks:

jusched.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 U11' (runs weekly on Mondays at 10.00).
starter.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D8DCBEEF-1D49-41D1-A303-74357C555ECC}' (runs on registration).
dictionary.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E7DB2CD7-85E7-4846-8452-E8C434326E64}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:

https://www.britannica.com

Support:

https://support.britannica.com

Installation path:

C:\Intel\Application Files\Britannica Encyclopaedia

Uninstaller:

"C:\Intel\Application Files\Britannica Encyclopaedia\Concise\Uninstall_Concise\Uninstall Concise.exe"

Size:

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