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
EXE
3a131f7381272256ed47670fc754ba79
EXE
572bced88bf2a1fba0c2b10ac172f3db
EXE
5980852979ec2e7fb522c337baeb5f53
EXE
25f529d2967c73a5231179872579e85f
EXE
c907fb248cdcc538515dac72c3aeddcd
DLL
d5f20a89d2a382d4e217317f6628fbf1
EXE
a3ce8f436f3a1e63553f8854cfcfd3ae
EXE
e11fe830f7c5b907a1c4d59e26d63faf
EXE
39ffd1106e95384a507f142bd857ba40
EXE
d0b97822aeadb08abe8e8e8e3f89b8c7