What is pageant.exe?
pageant.exe is part of PuTTY suite and developed by Simon Tatham according to the pageant.exe version information.
pageant.exe's description is "PuTTY SSH authentication agent"
pageant.exe is digitally signed by Atlassian Pty Ltd.
pageant.exe is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\sourcetree\app-1.10.18.1\tools\putty\' folder.
Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected pageant.exe.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on pageant.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | PuTTY suite |
| Company name | Simon Tatham |
| File description | PuTTY SSH authentication agent |
| Internal name | Pageant |
| Original filename | Pageant |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 1997-2012 Simon Tatham. |
| Product version | Development snapshot 2012-06-04:r9551 |
| File version | Development snapshot 2012-06-04:r9551 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | PuTTY suite |
| Company name | Simon Tatham |
| File description | PuTTY SSH authentication agent |
| Internal name | Pageant |
| Original filename | Pageant |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 1997-2012 Simon Tatham. |
| Product version | Development snapshot 2012-06-04:r9551 |
| File version | Development snapshot 2012-06-04:r9551 |
Digital signatures [?]
pageant.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Atlassian Pty Ltd |
| Certificate issuer name | DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA |
| Certificate serial number | 0923aab283c5739855bb6b56dd4b6ed7 |
VirusTotal report
1 of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the pageant.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.
| Scanner | Detection Name |
|---|---|
| Bkav | [Armadillo v2.xx (CopyMem II)] |
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | f5b5853856250e43c88d029a3262590b |
| SHA256 | 8533ae67dfbaa36a400b33a51f056fa4281ba66a6a81d9090a0ce5c45f47bb0a |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to pageant.exe:
pageant.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
pageant.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
PuTTY SSH authentication agent has stopped working.
End Program - pageant.exe. This program is not responding.
pageant.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
pageant.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
What will you do with pageant.exe?
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Malware or legitimate?
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Comments
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