Ultimate Reference Suite

Ultimate Reference Suite

by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

What is Ultimate Reference Suite?

Ultimate Reference Suite is software application developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.47% of installations running this operating system. Ultimate Reference Suite's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 59 files. The most common release is 2012.0.0.0 with 27.20% of all installations currently using this version.

Ultimate Reference Suite is most popular in the United States with 39.81% of installations residing in this country.

Ultimate Reference Suite 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, Ultimate Reference Suite is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Ultimate Reference Suite?

This software includes a comprehensive collection of over 100,000 articles, an atlas, approximately 35,000 media files, as well as a dictionary and thesaurus based on Merriam-Webster.

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).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.britannica.com
Support:
https://support.britannica.com
Installation path:
C:\Britannica
Uninstaller:
"C:\Britannica\Ultimate Reference Suite\Uninstall_Ultimate Reference Suite\Uninstall Ultimate Reference Suite.exe"
Size:
4.00 MB
Language:
English

Ultimate Reference Suite Executable Details

Primary executable:
starter.exe
Name:
Ultimate Reference Suite
Path:
C:\Britannica\starter.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Ultimate Reference Suite
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
915793842f35faa4291471af937b9ecb
DLL
c2b080df4e5c6184e160e7493c96f1a4
EXE
bbb645082f9318378fcd350acc2de313
EXE
238ef78bdd06afd002afa91d8bc14497
EXE
ad73c9e2612f24b35fcab6659a889abc
EXE
56e7b2d4f75524ebeed240503228f375
DLL
e49c8f74a45272556b865f335d5e6096
DLL
fe3a4b3ad70707381463c86e2367acd0
DLL
343fd30b509e147ff6e925a9fdfbe4d4
EXE
4de88673d26a596a65f0dff2dcc9cd8c