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
9247870487dbaf722e80b07084477794
DLL
12cb1c8fffcb08f402e866c4d0ecec83
DLL
4597440872ec87c120f87c3f44146880
DLL
e1a7da3670004503db3b7c7c715ba6fe
DLL
cd166a382c5529ccb9f21792eac92e4c
DLL
c038610eb8065de66058cdf4e03cb4d5
EXE
edf5d27c6d244740418903626df5741a
DLL
c31060fb80e56277ff1d72242a8178c3
EXE
b26f14b530074cbb63c7dcebddb9c46c
EXE
0d16b7ba01619c56de70c7138e0669d6