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
636bcb36c71da9a1d39d23aad21cd70e
DLL
1d2d86106516b66971f267e0bcc77332
DLL
e8de8acc25b05fd17aac29d126eff1b8
EXE
daa37c9ee3fe91b2426012242b2846b4
DLL
7914cd5497b3ae29399aadbaac916caa
EXE
0e9733e18df671fca513a745cb284de7
EXE
d2e464bed3e22f8b07d3cff51fbed2df
DLL
a9c1ae8688336e98597d469498d80ead
DLL
d2918dc2870208a06ac22f4ccbf89048
DLL
de58b1b439b59589115f096f063694dd