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
66876b3576139e8ad7cd4d6bf0a05fe6
EXE
9ff08bb91488898ce242c03a5f577fb0
DLL
bd5155a888d135f49a93e7121261f87b
DLL
28816f005aba46041f26f0bd7a27f0f6
EXE
94546ac06fc232a029890a95a743e717
EXE
47ff70b380cdf5c1218d579b6b01b5e2
EXE
3b26e171098b2bc938cf0c5010be747f
EXE
95ed379b70cacf1f3b0faf6412e0963f
EXE
40c7b03b56707e50796091d961fd4769
EXE
13f38674474364d465b0effbdae60e66