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
289663769a5fc86bae60f3a47e5281c6
EXE
e01da961bcc5540ca0d6d7441e6703e1
EXE
c95a5aa46bcec77cc4cdd9fc71259903
EXE
1bf36a5cc294e60060a9786096963244
EXE
c122c80f62f3df010f415b2c2d9b6853
EXE
3c29be682bc2961cb27a278f6b510e07
EXE
d4595030e3bc8047ad6e52df972a247c
EXE
19f3d3ba801ae1523a254286513aa616
EXE
02deee1775fbaf10ff7615ea459533b3
EXE
b41f51b21ffadda02be522e7169ab242