What is Family Encyclopedia?

Family Encyclopedia is software application developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows Vista with nearly 57.14% of installations running this operating system. The most common release is 2009.0.0.0 with 57.14% of all installations currently using this version.

Family Encyclopedia is most popular in the United States with 95.24% of installations residing in this country.

Family Encyclopedia adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Family Encyclopedia 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:

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:\Britannica 8.0

Uninstaller:

"C:\Britannica 8.0\Family Encyclopedia\Uninstall_Family Encyclopedia\Uninstall Family Encyclopedia.exe"

Size:

0.00 B

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