Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

16.0.0.1117 66.67%
16.0.0.0606 33.33%

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PE structurePE file structure

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advapi32.dll
RegOpenKeyExW, RegCreateKeyExA, RegCreateKeyExW, RegSetValueExW, RegSetValueExA, RegQueryValueExW, RegQueryValueExA, RegCloseKey, RegOpenKeyExA, RegEnumValueW, RegEnumValueA, RegDeleteValueW, RegDeleteValueA
comctl32.dll
FlatSB_GetScrollProp, FlatSB_EnableScrollBar, _TrackMouseEvent, FlatSB_SetScrollProp
comdlg32.dll
PrintDlgA
gdi32.dll
CreatePen, RoundRect, Rectangle, GetBkMode, GetBkColor, GetTextColor, GetTextAlign, SetTextCharacterExtra, SetTextAlign, ExtTextOutA, EndDoc, TextOutA, TextOutW, GetTextCharsetInfo, GetTextCharacterExtra, GetCharWidthW, GetCurrentPositionEx, GetTextFaceA, StartDocA, EndPage, StartPage, GetStockObject, SetStretchBltMode, GetTextMetricsA, SetDIBColorTable, CreateDIBSection, GetDeviceCaps, CreateFontIndirectA, CreateRoundRectRgn, DeleteObject, LineTo, MoveToEx, SetBkMode, StretchBlt, GetObjectA, SetBkColor, SetTextColor, CreateSolidBrush, GetTextExtentPointA, GetTextExtentPoint32W, BitBlt, CreateCompatibleDC, ExtTextOutW, SelectObject, DeleteDC
gdiplus.dll
GdiplusShutdown, GdipFree, GdipAlloc, GdipDisposeImage, GdipGetImageGraphicsContext, GdipDeleteGraphics, GdipDrawImageI, GdipCloneImage, GdipGetImageWidth, GdipGetImageHeight, GdipGetImagePixelFormat, GdipGetImagePaletteSize, GdipGetImagePalette, GdipCreateBitmapFromFile, GdipCreateBitmapFromScan0, GdipBitmapLockBits, GdipBitmapUnlockBits, GdiplusStartup
kernel32.dll
InterlockedIncrement, lstrcpyA, WaitForSingleObject, GlobalFree, GlobalHandle, OpenProcess, CreateFileMappingA, GetModuleHandleA, GlobalUnlock, GlobalLock, GlobalAlloc, GetProcAddress, FreeLibrary, DeleteFileA, CloseHandle, WriteFile, CreateFileA, GetTempFileNameA, GetTempPathA, SizeofResource, LockResource, LoadResource, FindResourceA, MulDiv, GetCurrentThreadId, LeaveCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, GetLastError, InterlockedDecrement, InterlockedExchange, lstrlenA, MultiByteToWideChar, lstrlenW, GetPrivateProfileIntA, GetPrivateProfileStringA, GetPrivateProfileStringW, CreateProcessA, CreateProcessW, InterlockedCompareExchange, GetStartupInfoA, TerminateProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, QueryPerformanceCounter, GetCurrentProcessId, CreateEventA, FormatMessageW, SetEvent, GlobalSize, ResetEvent, GetVersionExA, GetCurrentProcess, GetTickCount, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, OpenFile, _lopen, _llseek, _lread, _lclose, Sleep, lstrcpynA, LoadLibraryA, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, GetACP, RaiseException, IsBadWritePtr, lstrcmpA, GetModuleFileNameW, GetPrivateProfileIntW, LoadLibraryExA, LoadLibraryExW, LocalFree, FindFirstFileA, FindFirstFileW, FindNextFileA, FindNextFileW, LocalAlloc, GetFullPathNameA, GetFullPathNameW, GetModuleHandleW, GetModuleFileNameA, GetLocaleInfoA, GetThreadLocale, GetSystemDirectoryA, WideCharToMultiByte, GetSystemDirectoryW
mfc80.dll
DllMain
msvcp80.dll
DllMain
msvcr80.dll
DllMain
ole32.dll
CoInitialize, CoTaskMemFree, CoTaskMemRealloc, CoCreateInstance, CreateStreamOnHGlobal, CoGetClassObject, CoTaskMemAlloc
shell32.dll
ShellExecuteExW, ShellExecuteExA, Shell_NotifyIconA
shlwapi.dll
PathRemoveFileSpecW
urlmon.dll
URLDownloadToCacheFileW, CoInternetGetSession
user32.dll
LoadIconA, EqualRect, CopyRect, RegisterWindowMessageA, SetRect, DrawTextExA, WinHelpA, CloseClipboard, SetClipboardData, EmptyClipboard, OpenClipboard, RegisterClipboardFormatA, IsChild, InvalidateRect, UnionRect, LoadCursorA, DefWindowProcA, AppendMenuA, CreatePopupMenu, UpdateWindow, GetWindowThreadProcessId, SetForegroundWindow, IsIconic, FindWindowA, MessageBoxA, MessageBeep, UpdateLayeredWindow, GetClassNameA, TrackPopupMenu, GetCursorPos, GetMenuItemID, EnableMenuItem, GetMenuItemCount, GetSubMenu, LoadMenuA, KillTimer, SetMenuDefaultItem, DestroyWindow, SendMessageTimeoutA, GetClassInfoA, GetSystemMetrics, GetDesktopWindow, SetWindowRgn, SetWindowsHookExA, CallNextHookEx, ShowWindow, UnhookWindowsHookEx, PostMessageA, SendMessageA, GetParent, GetWindowRect, IsWindowVisible, IsWindow, SystemParametersInfoA, GetSysColor, InflateRect, GetFocus, OffsetRect, DrawTextExW, PtInRect, GetClientRect, ReleaseCapture, RedrawWindow, SetCapture, ReleaseDC, GetDC, PeekMessageA, LoadBitmapA, EnableWindow, DrawTextA, FillRect, DispatchMessageA, MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, IsClipboardFormatAvailable, GetClipboardData, CharUpperBuffW, WindowFromDC, WindowFromPoint, ClientToScreen, TrackMouseEvent, FrameRect, GetWindowLongA, RegisterClassA, AdjustWindowRectEx, MessageBoxW, SetTimer, AdjustWindowRect
version.dll
VerQueryValueA, GetFileVersionInfoSizeA, GetFileVersionInfoA
wininet.dll
InternetCanonicalizeUrlW
winmm.dll
PlaySoundA

EDICT.exe

Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries by Microsoft Corporation (Signed)

Remove EDICT.exe
Version:   16.0.0.0606
MD5:   554bdeb0453e42c5cac7e7181e74e246
SHA1:   7defeacedbcecd15bd3fd2ad88b740423a902dc9
SHA256:   614ae4ed337f8721a5eab8172573295e364c90510fe5b2161d7d48a3a55ea715

What is EDICT.exe?

Encarta allows you to double-click any given word as a method of bringing up the dictionary. Typically, there are restrictions to this functionality (to prevent the dictionary from opening when you double-click in restricted areas) in photo credits, captions, and titles.

Overview

edict.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It is installed with a couple of know programs including Microsoft Encarta 2007 Biblioteca Premium published by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2007 from Microsoft Corporation and Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2007 by Microsoft Corporation.

DetailsDetails

File name:edict.exe
Publisher:Microsoft Corporation
Product name:Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\microsoft encarta\encarta premium dvd 2009\edict.exe
File version:16.0.0.0606
Size:342.77 KB (351,000 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:Microsoft Corporation
Authority (CA):Microsoft Corporation
Effective date:Thursday, May 4, 2006
Expiration date:Thursday, May 10, 2007
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:Windows GUI
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C++ 8.0
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Microsoft Corporation
5% remove
Microsoft Corporation
1% remove
Microsoft Corporation
5% remove
Microsoft Corporation
9% remove

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'L09AXLRD_216513' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Student\Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2009 DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'L07FXLRD_10187848' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Etudes\Microsoft Encarta 2007 - Études DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'L07FXLRD_4820618' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Etudes\Microsoft Encarta 2007 - Études DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'L07FXLRD_10225881' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Etudes\Microsoft Encarta 2007 - Études DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'E09EXLRD_6442201' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta 2009 Biblioteca Premium DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'E09AXLRD_14823698' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Premium DVD 2009\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'E07AXLRD_132017952' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Premium DVD 2007\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'L08AXLRD_694183030' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Student\Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008 DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'L08EXLRD_23069109' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Student\Microsoft Student con Encarta Premium 2008 DVD\EDICT.EXE" -m
  • 'E09AXLRD_536128' → "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Encarta\Encarta Premium DVD 2009\EDICT.EXE" -m

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00207346%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00115068%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00092279%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:1,201 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:166,267/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:27.85 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):19.12 MB
Private (minimum):10.9 MB
Non-paged memory:27.85 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:224.32 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):238.78 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:11.34 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):32.25 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:20,577/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:10.69 KB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:4/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:381 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:96 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:16/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:12
12
Handles:580
600
GUI GDI count:168
103
GUI GDI peak:176
142
GUI USER count:98
49
GUI USER peak:110
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command lines:
  • "C:\Program Files\microsoft etudes\microsoft encarta 2007 - études dvd\edict.exe" -m
  • "C:\Program Files\microsoft encarta\encarta premium dvd 2007\edict.exe" -m
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

ResourcesThreads

Averages
 
EDICT.EXE (main module)
Total CPU:0.00483074%
0.272967%
Kernel CPU:0.00225442%
0.107585%
User CPU:0.00257631%
0.165382%
CPU cycles:116,066/sec
5,741,424/sec
Memory:344 KB
1.16 MB
wow64.dll
Total CPU:0.00017964%
Kernel CPU:0.00017964%
User CPU:0.00000000%
CPU cycles:914/sec
Memory:252 KB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 46.67%
Windows 7 Home Basic 26.67%
Windows Vista Home Premium 13.33%
Microsoft Windows XP 6.67%
Windows 7 Home Premium 6.67%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

TN installs about 26.67% of Microsoft Encarta Dictionaries.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 60.00%
ASUS 40.00%
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