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:
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- putty.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\PuTTY\putty.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- 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:
- –