Student and Home Edition

Student and Home Edition

by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

What is Student and Home Edition?

Student and Home Edition is software application developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 64.52% of installations running this operating system. Student and Home Edition's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 42 files. The most common release is 2009.0.0.0 with 67.74% of all installations currently using this version.

Student and Home Edition is most popular in the United States with 65.28% of installations residing in this country.

Student and Home Edition 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, Student and Home Edition 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 'C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_03\bin\javaw.exe'.
  • 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:\Program Files\Britannica 10.0
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Britannica 10.0\Student and Home Edition\Uninstall_Student and Home Edition\Uninstall Student and Home Edition.exe"
Size:
4.00 MB
Language:
English

Student and Home Edition Executable Details

Primary executable:
awt.dll
Name:
Student and Home Edition
Path:
C:\Program Files\Britannica 10.0\awt.dll
MD5:
62a128cf85b1e14593cff4c07781791f
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Student and Home Edition
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
c5f2e3056629d6ef7ca9ff5557df31d6
DLL
c0233b762446ba3517a06b5c03fc105c
EXE
2b6f42798ea7626fd11e0380b8ff7691
EXE
bd8a4535efed399c751e6cba509dfec1
EXE
873ac44ff9ab58b1a17cca827d0bbb35
EXE
9e5a9e48d544ba9765af1d1d6a2f507a
DLL
b1cd3ce11d7b5fa3faf89dceed1e7e3e
DLL
46b2b313c611927f3ad6f0313a36be2e
DLL
71add3c1250e97841203bc354f6b348a
DLL
a7b74abab1b8ce2b5a597d1dba8323da