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
34511a6c00eede888c87caf0efbe0fea
EXE
7ecb85eaf9437f1bf834877223205117
DLL
3ea09e6bfc6f59c7313ed1561a339502
DLL
9ff92a206afa081676f3313bda6257fc
DLL
1eecea19e54ac8b5105280194dee094c
DLL
67068409e5636331c844b00aeae33991
DLL
5f1fdc00f2c3ad33c1ddd1e169b5bd5e
DLL
65f39125f600cbe495856fa9b187fb0a
EXE
d12926dba4d7859331af7e46fc3f7de7