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
e3caf44e267e9883192e89a7ae1d434f
DLL
761605a711d80a122c543f65d9548fa0
DLL
c04cbdcaea85feb4ca4c971b980eca6d
EXE
e3f4aeec42efbb3139439152413ca6c8
EXE
e86e2ad3e46436aabf5457ec81896ce3
EXE
777958a0440be5cd6712ecaa77f755f0
EXE
d53f4802ef9adee604d7292268e9d1d1
DLL
707f6be6fd3676a55cfc08bc5706f65d
DLL
6e5f0c6833ddff47d8ef789e25882fdb
DLL
51746667af880b43a74163e767218da7