What is Ready Reference CD?

Ready Reference CD is software application developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 75.00% of installations running this operating system. The most common release is 2011.0.0.0 with 42.31% of all installations currently using this version.

Ready Reference CD is most popular in India with 62.50% of installations residing in this country.

Ready Reference CD 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, Ready Reference CD 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://support.britannica.com/other/readyreference/win

Support:

https://support.britannica.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Britannica 11.0

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Britannica 11.0\Ready Reference CD\Uninstall_Ready Reference CD\Uninstall Ready Reference CD.exe"

Size:

0.00 B

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