PuTTY

PuTTY

by Simon Tatham

What is PuTTY?

PuTTY is software application developed by Simon Tatham. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 71.36% of installations running this operating system. PuTTY's installer is typically 3.00 MB in size and installs around 43 files. The most common release is 0.61 with 50.06% of all installations currently using this version.

PuTTY is most popular in the United States with 47.89% of installations residing in this country.

PuTTY adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, PuTTY is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About PuTTY?

PuTTY is a widely-used, free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It offers support for various network protocols, such as SCP, SSH, Telnet and rlogin. The origin of the name "PuTTY" is not definitively known, although it is commonly believed to be derived from "tty," which refers to a terminal in the Unix tradition, often thought to stand for Teletype.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • putty.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • putty.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{90C9029C-6553-4638-89E5-8E08677438F4}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\PuTTY\
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\PuTTY\unins000.exe"
Size:
3.00 MB
Language:
English

PuTTY Executable Details

Primary executable:
putty.exe
Name:
PuTTY
Path:
C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by PuTTY
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
51939fcfb29c8823e68d2adb93ae4fff
EXE
e055e022914a66caa522d288bc04c3d5
EXE
e2bf4d76c71b912ce1258e90d352d646
DLL
fea77c6a5d592cb2732ce875b34d6e4a
EXE
2f47ced1352dacbbf82dc4f4220b0595
EXE
5e8509b45f7d472fdc99042f64270ff4
EXE
212c46211f076e42cf3170e748615477
EXE
54c52f7b5247cdb93eada60100a42eaa
EXE
6ac9a76373291cc7090454aa0f38619f
DLL
0c9ed9e4265fcd88997f8a7e9383aab9