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
924e074a1f9877f590cbfdc27ed220ea
DLL
30cd1712e766c825cf58e304e26234f2
DLL
57074d9d0ebfe8b16cd3365a031a8cc8
DLL
e501a1e882d4a84152e55b66045ac114
EXE
5fbf44914e893dd4f0ecfee7074b0f67
EXE
607a24d92e04a63993420ba85c659d7b
EXE
87edc95d1e1a73330b8d4d3ded75a8e6
EXE
c87c72608134f0e99badcf2cecd9a4b3
EXE
6db39e5d5ead49b8bc9fcb92157a7704
EXE
ba888ada3b43a38d6c4234f39919cab4